Psalms 119:72

119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. 1 

Psalms 119:97

מ (Mem)

119:97 O how I love your law!

All day long I meditate on it.

Psalms 119:101-103

119:101 I stay away 2  from the evil path,

so that I might keep your instructions. 3 

119:102 I do not turn aside from your regulations,

for you teach me.

119:103 Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey! 4 

Psalms 119:111

119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy. 5 

1 tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”

2 tn Heb “I hold back my feet.”

3 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural.

4 tn Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew mss, as well as several other ancient witnesses, read the plural “your words,” which can then be understood as the subject of the plural verb “they are smooth.”

5 tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”