Psalm 119:129–144
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פ (Pe)
119:129Your rules are marvelous.
Therefore I observe them.
119:130Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines.166
They give167 insight to the untrained.168
119:131I open my mouth and pant,
because I long169 for your commands.
119:132Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,
as you typically do to your loyal followers.170
119:133Direct my steps by your word!171
Do not let any sin dominate me!
119:134Deliver me172 from oppressive men,
so that I can keep173 your precepts.
119:135Smile174 on your servant!
Teach me your statutes!
119:136Tears stream down from my eyes,175
because people176 do not keep your law.
ץ (Tsade)
119:137You are just, O Lord,
and your judgments are fair.
119:138The rules you impose are just,177
and absolutely reliable.
119:139My zeal178 consumes179 me,
for my enemies forget your instructions.180
119:140Your word is absolutely pure,
and your servant loves it!
119:141I am insignificant and despised,
yet I do not forget your precepts.
119:142Your justice endures,181
and your law is reliable.182
119:143Distress and hardship confront183 me,
yet I find delight in your commands.
119:144Your rules remain just.184
Give me insight so that I can live.185
Footnotes
- 166 Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
- 167 Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
- 168 Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.
- 169 The verb occurs only here in the OT.
- 170 Heb “according to custom toward the lovers of your name.” The “lovers of” God’s “name” are the Lord’s loyal followers. See Pss 5:11; 69:36; Isa 56:6.
- 171 God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).
- 172 Or “redeem me.”
- 173 The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
- 174 Heb “cause your face to shine.”
- 175 Heb “[with] flowing streams my eyes go down.”
- 176 Heb “they”; even though somewhat generic, the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 177 Heb “you commanded [in] justice your rules.”
- 178 or “zeal.”
- 179 Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.
- 180 Heb “your words.”
- 181 Heb “your justice [is] justice forever.”
- 182 Or “truth.”
- 183 Heb “find.”
- 184 Heb “just are your rules forever.”
- 185 The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
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