Mazmur 119:23
Konteks119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, 1
your servant meditates on your statutes.
Mazmur 119:122
Konteks119:122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! 2
Do not let the arrogant oppress me!
Mazmur 119:157
Konteks119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. 3
Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
Mazmur 119:1
Konteksא (Alef)
119:1 How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, 5
who obey 6 the law of the Lord.
1 Samuel 24:15-16
Konteks24:15 May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”
24:16 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly. 7
[119:23] 1 tn Heb “though rulers sit, about me they talk together.” (For another example of the Niphal of דָּבַר (davar) used with a suffixed form of the preposition ב, see Ezek 33:30.)
[119:122] 2 tn Heb “be surety for your servant for good.”
[119:157] 3 tn Heb “many [are] those who chase me and my enemies.”
[119:1] 4 sn Psalm 119. The psalmist celebrates God’s law and the guidance it provides his people. He expresses his desire to know God’s law thoroughly so that he might experience the blessings that come to those who obey it. This lengthy psalm exhibits an elaborate acrostic pattern. The psalm is divided into twenty-two sections (corresponding to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet), each of which is comprised of eight verses. Each of the verses in the first section (vv. 1-8) begins with the letter alef (א), the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. This pattern continues throughout the psalm as each new section highlights a successive letter of the alphabet. Each verse in section two (vv. 9-16) begins with the second letter of the alphabet, each verse in section three (vv. 17-24) with the third letter, etc. This rigid pattern creates a sense of order and completeness and may have facilitated memorization.
[119:1] 5 tn Heb “[Oh] the happiness of those who are blameless of way.”
