Psalms 119:86-103

⁸⁶All your commands are trustworthy. Help me against these people who persecute me with their lies!

⁸⁷They have almost killed me, but I have not given up on what you say.

⁸⁸Since you love me with your trustworthy love, don't let me die, so I can go on following the instructions you have given.

⁸⁹Lamedh Your word, Lord, lasts forever. It stands firm in the heavens.

⁹⁰Your faithfulness lasts for all generations, as permanent as the earth you created.

⁹¹Your judgments stand—they are as true today as ever—for everything serves your will.

⁹²If I didn't love your teachings, my suffering would have killed me.

⁹³I will never forget your instructions, for through them you give me life.

⁹⁴I belong to you, so please save me! I am committed to following your rules.

⁹⁵Even though wicked people are waiting to ambush and kill me, I will focus my mind on what you say.

⁹⁶I recognize that human perfection has its limits, but your law is limitless.

⁹⁷Mem I really love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

⁹⁸Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for I'm always thinking about your instructions.

⁹⁹In fact I have a better insight than all of my teachers because I spend time concentrating on what you say.

¹⁰⁰I even understand more than the elders because I follow your directions.

¹⁰¹I avoid any course of action that leads to evil, because I want to remain faithful to your word.

¹⁰²I have not disregarded your instructions because you yourself taught me what to do.

¹⁰³Your words taste so sweet to me! They are sweeter than honey to my mouth.