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Psalm 119:98-111 Amplified Bible (AMP)

98. You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me.

99. I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. [II Tim. 3:15.]

100. I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].

101. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. [Prov. 1:15.]

102. I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

103. How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! [Ps. 19:10; Prov. 8:11.]

104. Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

105. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. [Prov. 6:23.]

106. I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. [Neh. 10:29.]

107. I am sorely afflicted; renew and quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word!

108. Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. [Hos. 14:2; Heb. 13:15.]

109. My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law.

110. The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts.

111. Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. [Deut. 33:4.]