Common English Bible

Psalms 119:85-102 Common English Bible (CEB)

85. The arrogant have dug pits for me—those people who act against your Instruction.

86. All your commandments are true,but people harass me for no reason.Help me!

87. They’ve almost wiped me off the face of the earth!Meanwhile, I haven’t abandoned your precepts!

88. Make me live again according to your faithful loveso I can keep the law you’ve given!

89. Your word, Lord, stands firm in heaven forever!

90. Your faithfulness extends from one generation to the next!You set the earth firmly in place, and it is still there.

91. Your rules endure to this daybecause everything serves you.

92. If your Instruction hadn’t been my delight,I would have died because of my suffering.

93. I will never forget your preceptsbecause through them you gave me life again.

94. I’m yours—save mebecause I’ve pursued your precepts!

95. The wicked wait for me,wanting to kill me, but I’m studying your laws.

96. I’ve seen that everything,no matter how perfect, has a limit,but your commandment is boundless.

97. I love your Instruction!I think about it constantly.

98. Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemiesbecause it is always with me.

99. I have greater insight than all my teachersbecause I contemplate your laws.

100. I have more understanding than the eldersbecause I guard your precepts.

101. I haven’t set my feet on any evil pathso I can make sure to keep your word.

102. I haven’t deviated from any of your rulesbecause you are the one who has taught me.