97O how I love Your Torah! All day it is my discussion.
98Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
99From all my teachers I have gained wisdom, for Your testimonies are my discussion.
100I will be more perceptive than elders, because I have guarded Your precepts.
101I have restrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep Your word.
102I have not turned away from Your judgments, for You have instructed me.
103How sweet are Your words to my palate, [sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
104From Your precepts I gain understanding, therefore I hate every path of falsehood.
105Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
106I have sworn-and I will fulfill it-to keep Your righteous judgments.
107I am afflicted to the extreme; grant me life, O Lord, according to Your promise.
108Accept with favor, O Lord, the offerings of my lips, and teach me Your laws.
109My soul is in danger always, yet I have not forgotten Your Torah.
110The wicked laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111I have taken Your testimonies as an eternal heritage, for they are the joy of my heart.
112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, forever, to the last.
113I despise vain thoughts, but I love Your Torah.
114You are my refuge and my shield; I place hope in Your promise.
115Turn away from me, you evildoers, and I will keep the commandments of my God.
116Support me according to Your promise, and I will live; let me not be shamed because of my hope.
117Sustain me, and I will be saved, and I will be engrossed in Your statutes always.
118You trample all who stray from Your statutes, for their ploy is a lie.
119You have purged all the wicked of the earth like dross, therefore I love Your testimonies.
120My flesh bristles from fear of You, and I am in awe of Your judgments.
121I practiced justice and righteousness; leave me not to my oppressors.
122Guarantee Your servant goodness; let not the wicked exploit me.
123My eyes long for Your salvation, and for the word of Your righteousness.
124Treat Your servant according to Your kindness, and teach me Your statutes.
125I am Your servant; grant me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
126It is time to act for the Lord; they have abrogated Your Torah.
127Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, even fine gold.
128Therefore I affirmed all Your precepts; I have hated every path of falsehood.
129Your testimonies are wondrous, therefore does my soul guard them.
130Your opening words illuminate, enlightening the simple.
131I opened my mouth and swallowed, because I craved Your commandments.
132Turn to me and favor me, as is [Your] law for those who love Your Name.
133Set my steps in Your word, and let no iniquity rule over me.
134Deliver me from the oppression of man, and I will keep Your precepts.
135Let Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.
136My eyes shed streams of water, because they do not keep Your Torah.
137Righteous are you, O Lord, and Your judgments are upright.
138You commanded Your testimonies in righteousness and great faithfulness.
139My zeal consumes me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words.
140Your word is very pure, and Your servant cherishes it.
141I am young and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts.
142Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your Torah is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me, yet Your commandments are my delight.
144Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding, that I may live.
145I call out with all my heart; answer me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes.
146I call out to You; save me, and I will observe Your testimonies.
147I rose before dawn and cried out; my hope is in Your word.
148My eyes preceded the night watches, that I may discuss Your word.
149Hear my voice in keeping with Your kindness; O Lord, grant me life as is Your practice.
150Those who pursue mischief draw near; they are far from Your Torah.
151You are near, O Lord, and all Your commandments are truth.
152From the beginning I discerned from Your testimonies that You had established them forever.
153Behold my affliction and deliver me, for I have not forgotten Your Torah.
154Wage my battle and redeem me; grant me life for the sake of Your word.
155Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not Your statutes.
156Your mercies are great, O Lord; grant me life as is Your practice.
157My pursuers and my enemies are many, yet I did not turn away from Your testimonies.
158I saw traitors and I quarreled with them, because they do not keep Your words.
159Behold how I love Your precepts; grant me life, O Lord, according to Your kindness.
160The beginning of Your word is truth, and forever are all Your righteous judgements.
161Princes have pursued me without cause, but it is Your word my heart fears.
162I rejoice at Your word, like one who finds abundant spoil.
163I hate falsehood and abhor it, but Your Torah I love.
164Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous judgments.
165There is abundant peace for those who love Your Torah, and there is no stumbling for them.
166I hoped for Your salvation, O Lord, and I performed Your commandments.
167My soul has kept Your testimonies, and I love them intensely.
168I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are before You
169Let my prayer approach Your presence, O Lord; grant me understanding according to Your word.
170Let my supplication come before You; save me according to Your promise.
171My lips will utter praise, for You have taught me Your statutes.
172My tongue will echo Your word, for all Your commandments are just.
173Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
174I long for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your Torah is my delight.
175Let my soul live, and it will praise You, and let Your judgment help me.
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek out Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.