Psalm 119:97-120

Common English Bible

⁹⁷ I love your Instruction!
    I think about it constantly.
⁹⁸ Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies
    because it is always with me.
⁹⁹ I have greater insight than all my teachers
    because I contemplate your laws.
¹⁰⁰ I have more understanding than the elders
    because I guard your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I haven’t set my feet on any evil path
    so I can make sure to keep your word.
¹⁰² I haven’t deviated from any of your rules
    because you are the one who has taught me.
¹⁰³ Your word is so pleasing to my taste buds—
    it’s sweeter than honey in my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ I’m studying your precepts—
    that’s why I hate every false path.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp before my feet
    and a light for my journey.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn, and I fully mean it:
    I will keep your righteous rules.
¹⁰⁷ I have been suffering so much—
    Lord, make me live again according to your promise.
¹⁰⁸ Please, Lord, accept my spontaneous gifts of praise.
    Teach me your rules!
¹⁰⁹ Though my life is constantly in danger,
    I won’t forget your Instruction.
¹¹⁰ Though the wicked have set a trap for me,
    I won’t stray from your precepts.
¹¹¹ Your laws are my possession forever
    because they are my heart’s joy.
¹¹² I have decided to keep your statutes forever, every last one.

¹¹³ I hate fickle people,
    but I love your Instruction.
¹¹⁴ You are my shelter and my shield—
    I wait for your promise.
¹¹⁵ Get away from me, you evildoers;
    I want to guard my God’s commandments!
¹¹⁶ Sustain me according to your word so I can live!
    Don’t let me be put to shame because of hope.
¹¹⁷ Support me so I can be saved
    and so I can focus constantly on your statutes.
¹¹⁸ You discard everyone who strays from your statutes
    because they are dishonest and false.
¹¹⁹ You dispose of all the wicked people on earth like waste—
    that’s why I love your laws.
¹²⁰ My body shudders because I fear you;
    I’m in awe of your rules.