Psalm 119:97-104

Song 5 L.M. (Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625)

97 O how I love your law, O LORD!
I meditate on it all day.
98 It makes me wiser than my foes,
for your commands direct my ways.

99 I’m wiser than my teachers, LORD,
for on your laws I meditate.
100 I’ve more insight than the aged,
for all your precepts I obey.

101 I keep my feet from evil paths,
in order to follow your word;
102 I do not turn from the decrees
that you have taught me, O my LORD.

103 How sweet your words are to my taste,
sweeter than honey on my tongue.
104 Your commandments give me wisdom,
therefore I hate each path that’s wrong.

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