Mazmur 119:28

119:28 I collapse ¹  from grief.

Sustain me by your word! ² 

Mazmur 119:67

119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, ³ 

but now I keep your instructions. ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:133

119:133 Direct my steps by your word! ⁵ 

Do not let any sin dominate me!

[119:28]  ¹ tn Some translate “my soul weeps,” taking the verb דָלַף (dalaf) from a root meaning “to drip; to drop” (BDB 196 s.v. דֶּלַף). On the basis of cognate evidence from Arabic and Akkadian, HALOT 223 s.v. II דלף proposes a homonymic root here, meaning “be sleepless.” Following L. C. Allen (Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 127, 135) the translation assumes that the verb is cognate with Ugaritic dlp, “to collapse; to crumple” in CTA 2 iv. 17, 26. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 44, 144.

[119:28]  ² tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:67]  ³ tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”

[119:67]  ⁴ tn Heb “your word.”

[119:133]  ⁵ tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).