Mem

⁹⁷Oh how xI love your law!

It is my ymeditation all the day.

⁹⁸Your commandment makes me zwiser than my enemies,

for it is ever with me.

⁹⁹I have more understanding than all my teachers,

for ayour testimonies are my meditation.

¹⁰⁰I understand more than bthe aged,8

for I ckeep your precepts.

¹⁰¹I dhold back my feet from every evil way,

in order to keep your word.

¹⁰²I do not turn aside from your rules,

for you have taught me.

¹⁰³How esweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

¹⁰⁴Through your precepts I get understanding;

therefore fI hate every false way.

Nun

¹⁰⁵gYour word is a lamp to my feet

and a light to my path.

¹⁰⁶I have hsworn an oath and confirmed it,

to keep your irighteous rules.

¹⁰⁷I am severely jafflicted;

kgive me life, O Lord, according to your word!

¹⁰⁸Accept lmy freewill offerings of praise, O Lord,

and mteach me your rules.

¹⁰⁹I hold my life nin my hand continually,

but I do not oforget your law.

¹¹⁰The wicked have laid pa snare for me,

but qI do not stray from your precepts.

¹¹¹Your testimonies are rmy heritage forever,

for they are sthe joy of my heart.

¹¹²I tincline my heart to perform your statutes

forever, uto the end.9

Samekh

¹¹³I hate vthe double-minded,

but I love wyour law.

¹¹⁴You are my xhiding place and my yshield;

I zhope in your word.

¹¹⁵aDepart from me, you evildoers,

that I may bkeep the commandments of my God.

¹¹⁶Uphold me caccording to your promise, that I may live,

and let me not be dput to shame in my ehope!

¹¹⁷fHold me up, that I may be safe

and have regard for your statutes continually!

¹¹⁸You gspurn all who hgo astray from your statutes,

for their cunning is in vain.

¹¹⁹All the wicked of the earth you discard like idross,

therefore jI love your testimonies.

¹²⁰My flesh ktrembles for fear of you,

and I am afraid of your judgments.

Ayin

¹²¹I have done what is just and right;

do not leave me to my oppressors.

¹²²Give your servant la pledge of good;

let not mthe insolent oppress me.

¹²³My neyes long for your salvation

and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.

¹²⁴Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love,

and oteach me your statutes.

¹²⁵I am your pservant; qgive me understanding,

that I may know your testimonies!

¹²⁶It is time for the Lord to act,

for your law has been broken.

¹²⁷Therefore I rlove your commandments

above gold, above fine gold.