⁹ How can a young person stay on the path of purity?^(A)
    By living according to your word.^(B)
10 I seek you with all my heart;^(C)
    do not let me stray from your commands.^(D)
11 I have hidden your word in my heart^(E)
    that I might not sin^(F) against you.
¹² Praise be^(G) to you, Lord;
    teach me^(H) your decrees.^(I)
13 With my lips I recount
    all the laws that come from your mouth.^(J)
14 I rejoice in following your statutes^(K)
    as one rejoices in great riches.
¹⁵ I meditate on your precepts^(L)
    and consider your ways.
¹⁶ I delight^(M) in your decrees;
    I will not neglect your word.

⁹⁷ Oh, how I love your law!^(A)
    I meditate^(B) on it all day long.
⁹⁸ Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser^(C) than my enemies.
⁹⁹ I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.^(D)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.^(E)
101 I have kept my feet^(F) from every evil path
    so that I might obey your word.^(G)
102 I have not departed from your laws,^(H)
    for you yourself have taught^(I) me.
¹⁰³ How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey^(J) to my mouth!^(K)
104 I gain understanding^(L) from your precepts;
    therefore I hate every wrong path.^(M)

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp^(N) for my feet,
    a light^(O) on my path.