Psalms 119:101 meaning and explanation

I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

Psalms 119:101, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 119 is a long acrostic poem in which an unnamed speaker, likely a faithful Israelite facing mockery and opposition, keeps returning to God's law as his hope. In verse 101 he describes deliberate restraint: he has held his feet back from every evil path, not out of pride but so that he might keep God's word.

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