119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,
like one who finds much plunder. 1
119:42 Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, 2
for I trust in your word.
119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, 3
but now I keep your instructions. 4
1 tn Heb “like one who finds great plunder.” See Judg 5:30. The image is that of a victorious warrior who finds a large amount of plunder on the field of battle.
2 tn Heb “and I will answer [the] one who insults me a word.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive (see v. 41).
3 tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”
4 tn Heb “your word.”