97Oh how I alove Your law!It is my bmeditationall the day.98Your acommandmentsmake me wiserthan my enemies,For they are 1mine forever.99I havemoreinsightthanall my teachers,For Your testimonies are my ameditation.100I perceiveamorethan the aged,Because I have bobserved Your precepts.101I have arestrained my feet from everyevilway,That I may keep Your word.102I have not aturnedaside from Your judgments,For You Yourself have taught me.103Howasweet is Your 1word to my 2taste!Sweeterthanhoney to my mouth!104From Your precepts I agetperception;Therefore I bhateeveryfalseway.
נ Nun
105Your word is a alamp to my feetAnd a light to my path.106I have asworn and I have confirmed,To keep Your righteousjudgments.107I am exceedingly aafflicted;O Yahweh, 1,brevive me according to Your word.108Ohbepleased with the afreewillofferings of my mouth, O Yahweh,And bteach me Your judgments.109My asoul is continually1in my hand,Yet I do not bforget Your law.110The wicked have alaid a snare for me,Yet I have not bwandered from Your precepts.111I have ainherited Your testimoniesforever,For they are the bjoy of my heart.112I have ainclined my heart to do Your statutesForever, bto the end.
ס Samekh
113I hate those who are adouble-minded,But I love Your blaw.114You are my ahidingplace and my bshield;I 1,cwait for Your word.115aDepart from me, evildoers,That I may bobserve the commandments of my God.116aSustain me according to Your 1word, that I may live;And bdo not put me toshame because of my hope.117Uphold me that I may be asaved,That I may bhaveregard for Your statutescontinually.118You have 1rejectedall those awho stray from Your statutes,For their deceitfulness is a lie.119You 1removeall the wicked of the earthlikeadross;Therefore I blove Your testimonies.120My flesh1,aquakes for dread of You,And I ambafraid of Your judgments.