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Psalm 119:97-112 NWT
97 How I do love your law! All day long it is my concern.
98 Wiser than my enemies your commandment makes me, Because to time indefinite it is mine.
99 More insight than all my teachers I have come to have, Because your reminders are a concern to me.
100 With more understanding than older men I behave, Because I have observed your own orders.
101 From every bad path I have restrained my feet, For the purpose that I may keep your word.
102 From your judicial decisions I have not turned aside, For you yourself have instructed me.
103 How smooth to my palate your sayings have been, More so than honey to my mouth!
104 Owing to your orders I behave with understanding. That is why I have hated every false path.

[Nun] 105 Your word is a lamp to my foot, And a light to my roadway.
106 I have made a sworn statement, and I will carry it out, To keep your righteous judicial decisions.
107 I have been afflicted to a great extent. O Jehovah, preserve me alive according to your word.
108 Please take pleasure in the voluntary offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me your own judicial decisions.
109 My soul is in my palm constantly; But your law I have not forgotten.
110 The wicked have set a trap for me, But from your orders I have not wandered.
111 I have taken your reminders as a possession to time indefinite, For they are the exultation of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to do your regulations To time indefinite, down to the last.

Psalms 119:97-112 LITV
(97) MEM: Oh how I love Your Law! It is my meditation all the day. (98) You make me wiser than my enemies by Your Commands; for they are forever mine. (99) I have more understanding than all my teachers; for Your Testimonies are a meditation to me. (100) I understand more than the aged, for I keep Your Precepts. (101) I have kept my feet from every evil way, to keep Your Word. (102) I turned not from Your judgments; for You have taught me. (103) How sweet are Your Words to my palate! More than honey to my mouth! (104) By Your Precepts I know; so then I hate every false way. (105) NUN: Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. (106) I have sworn and I rise to it, to keep Your righteous judgments. (107) I am greatly afflicted; O Jehovah, give me life according to Your Word. (108) Please, O Jehovah, accept the free offering of my mouth, and teach me Your judgments. (109) My life is in my hand continually, yet I do not forget Your Law. (110) The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet I do not wander from Your Precepts. (111) I have inherited Your Testimonies forever; for they are the joy of my heart. (112) I have bowed my heart to do Your Statutes always to the end.

Psalms 119:97-112 ASV
(97) Mem. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day. (98) Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me. (99) I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation. (100) I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts. (101) I have refrained my feet from every evil way, That I might observe thy word. (102) I have not turned aside from thine ordinances; For thou hast taught me. (103) How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (104) Through thy precepts I get understanding: Therefore I hate every false way. (105) Nun. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, And light unto my path. (106) I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will observe thy righteous ordinances. (107) I am afflicted very much: Quicken me, O Jehovah, according unto thy word. (108) Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill-offerings of my mouth, O Jehovah, And teach me thine ordinances. (109) My soul is continually in my hand; Yet do I not forget thy law. (110) The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts. (111) Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart. (112) I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.

Psalms 119:97-112 YLT
(97) Mem. O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it is my meditation. (98) Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it is before me to the age. (99) Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies are my meditation. (100) Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept. (101) From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word. (102) From Thy judgments I turned not aside, For Thou--Thou hast directed me. (103) How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth. (104) From Thy precepts I have understanding, Therefore I have hated every false path! (105) Nun. A lamp to my foot is Thy word, And a light to my path. (106) I have sworn, and I confirm it , To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness. (107) I have been afflicted very much, O Jehovah, quicken me, according to Thy word. (108) Free-will-offerings of my mouth, Accept, I pray Thee, O Jehovah, And Thy judgments teach Thou me. (109) My soul is in my hand continually, And Thy law I have not forgotten. (110) The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not. (111) I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart are they. (112) I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age-- to the end!

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ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation