Psalm 119:97–112

⁹⁷Oh, how I love your law!

It is my meditation all day long.^*

⁹⁸Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,

for it is always with me.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers,

for your decrees are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than the aged,

for I keep your precepts.^*

¹⁰¹I hold back my feet from every evil way,

in order to keep your word.^*

¹⁰²I do not turn away from your ordinances,

for you have taught me.

¹⁰³How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!^*

¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding;

therefore I hate every false way.^*

¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.^*

¹⁰⁶I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,

to observe your righteous ordinances.^*

¹⁰⁷I am severely afflicted;

give me life, O Lord, according to your word.^*

¹⁰⁸Accept my offerings of praise, O Lord,

and teach me your ordinances.^*

¹⁰⁹I hold my life in my hand continually,

but I do not forget your law.^*

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid a snare for me,

but I do not stray from your precepts.^*

¹¹¹Your decrees are my heritage forever;

they are the joy of my heart.^*

¹¹²I incline my heart to perform your statutes

forever, to the end.^*