Mazmur 119:27

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ¹ 

Then I can meditate ²  on your marvelous teachings. ³ 

Mazmur 119:97-100

מ (Mem)

119:97 O how I love your law!

All day long I meditate on it.

119:98 Your commandments ⁴  make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your rules.

119:100 I am more discerning than those older than I,

for I observe your precepts.

[119:27]  ¹ tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”

[119:27]  ² tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:27]  ³ tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

[119:98]  ⁴ tn The plural form needs to be revocalized as a singular in order to agree with the preceding singular verb and the singular pronoun in the next line. The Lord’s “command” refers here to the law (see Ps 19:8).