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Psalms 119:97-116 Modern English Version (MEV)

97. Oh, how I love Your law!It is my meditation all the day.

98. Your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies,for they are continually with me.

99. I have more understanding than all my teachers,for Your testimonies are my meditation.

100. I understand more than the elders,because I keep Your precepts.

101. I have restrained my feet from every evil way,that I might keep Your word.

102. I have not departed from Your judgments,for You have taught me.

103. How sweet are Your words to the taste of my mouth!Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

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

105. Your word is a lamp to my feetand a light to my path.

106. I have sworn, and I will perform it,that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

107. I am greatly afflicted;revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.

108. Accept the freewill offerings of my praise, O Lord,and teach me Your judgments.

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

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

111. Your testimonies are my inheritance forever,for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

112. I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes always,even unto the end.

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

114. You are my hiding place and my shield,I hope in Your word.

115. Depart from me, you who are wicked,for I keep the commandments of my God.

116. Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live,and let me not be ashamed with my hope.

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