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97 Lord, I really love your law! All day long I spend time thinking about it.
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97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.
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98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, because your commands are always in my heart.
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98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.
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99 I know more than all of my teachers do, because I spend time thinking about your covenant laws.
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99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.
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100 I understand more than the elders do, because I obey your rules.
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100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.
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101 I've kept my feet from every path that sinners take so that I might obey your word.
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101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.
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102 I haven't turned away from your laws, because you yourself have taught me.
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102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.
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103 Your words are very sweet to my taste! They are sweeter than honey to me.
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103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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104 I gain understanding from your rules. So I hate every path that sinners take.
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104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
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