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Psalm 119:99-103
New King James Version
Psalm 119:99-103
New King James Version
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
(A)For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 (B)I understand more than the [a]ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 (C)How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:100 aged
Psalm 119:99-103
New American Standard Bible
Psalm 119:99-103
New American Standard Bible
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my (A)meditation.
100 I understand (B)more than those who are old,
Because I have (C)complied with Your precepts.
101 I have (D)restrained my feet from every evil way,
So that I may keep Your word.
102 I have not (E)turned aside from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How (F)sweet are Your [a]words to my [b]taste!
Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:103 Or promises
- Psalm 119:103 Lit palate
Psalm 119:99-103
Amplified Bible
Psalm 119:99-103
Amplified Bible
99
I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers [because of Your word],
For Your testimonies are my meditation.(A)
100
I understand more than the aged [who have not observed Your precepts],
Because I have observed and kept Your precepts.
101
I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.(B)
102
I have not turned aside from Your ordinances,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103
How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!(C)
Psalm 119:99-103
New International Version
Psalm 119:99-103
New International Version
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for I meditate on your statutes.(A)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
for I obey your precepts.(B)
101 I have kept my feet(C) from every evil path
so that I might obey your word.(D)
102 I have not departed from your laws,(E)
for you yourself have taught(F) me.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
sweeter than honey(G) to my mouth!(H)
Psalm 119:99-103
King James Version
Psalm 119:99-103
King James Version
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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