Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalms 119:97-115 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

97. How I love Your instruction! It is my meditation all day long.

98. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

99. I have more insight than all my teachersbecause Your decrees are my meditation.

100. I understand more than the elders because I obey Your precepts.

101. I have kept my feet from every evil path to follow Your word.

102. I have not turned from Your judgments, for You Yourself have instructed me.

103. How sweet Your word is to my taste —sweeter than honey in my mouth.

104. I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

105. Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.

106. I have solemnly sworn to keep Your righteous judgments.

107. I am severely afflicted;Lord, give me life through Your word.

108. Lord, please accept my willing offerings of praise, and teach me Your judgments.

109. My life is constantly in danger, yet I do not forget Your instruction.

110. The wicked have set a trap for me, but I have not wandered from Your precepts.

111. I have Your decrees as a heritage forever;indeed, they are the joy of my heart.

112. I am resolved to obey Your statutesto the very end.

113. I hate those who are double-minded, but I love Your instruction.

114. You are my shelter and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

115. Depart from me, you evil ones,so that I may obey my God’s commands.