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New International Version NIV
97 Oh, how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
97
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
98 Thy commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
98
Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for thy testimonies are my meditation.
99
I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
100 I understand more than the aged, for I keep thy precepts.
100
I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
101 I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep thy word.
101
I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
102 I do not turn aside from thy ordinances, for thou hast taught me.
102
I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
103
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.
104
I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
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