Psalm 119:97-120

Complete Jewish Bible

⁹⁷ How I love your Torah!
I meditate on it all day.
⁹⁸ I am wiser than my foes,
because your mitzvot are mine forever.
⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers,
because I meditate on your instruction.
¹⁰⁰ I understand more than my elders,
because I keep your precepts.
¹⁰¹ I keep my feet from every evil way,
in order to observe your word.
¹⁰² I don’t turn away from your rulings,
because you have instructed me.
¹⁰³ How sweet to my tongue is your promise,
truly sweeter than honey in my mouth!
¹⁰⁴ From your precepts I gain understanding;
this is why I hate every false way.

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp for my foot
and light on my path.
¹⁰⁶ I have sworn an oath and confirmed it,
that I will observe your righteous rulings.
¹⁰⁷ I am very much distressed;
Adonai, give me life, in keeping with your word.
¹⁰⁸ Please accept my mouth’s voluntary offerings, Adonai;
and teach me your rulings.
¹⁰⁹ I am continually taking my life in my hands,
yet I haven’t forgotten your Torah.
¹¹⁰ The wicked have set a trap for me,
yet I haven’t strayed from your precepts.
¹¹¹ I take your instruction as a permanent heritage,
because it is the joy of my heart.
¹¹² I have resolved to obey your laws
forever, at every step.

¹¹³ I hate doubleminded people,
but I love your Torah.
¹¹⁴ You are my hiding-place and shield;
I put my hope in your word.
¹¹⁵ Leave me alone, you evildoers,
so that I can keep my God’s mitzvot.
¹¹⁶ Uphold me, as you promised; and I will live;
don’t disappoint me in my hope.
¹¹⁷ Support me; and I will be saved,
always putting my attention on your laws.
¹¹⁸ You reject all who stray from your laws,
for what they deceive themselves with is false.
¹¹⁹ You discard the wicked of the earth like slag;
this is why I love your instruction.
¹²⁰ My body trembles for fear of you;
your rulings make me afraid.