Mazmur 119:66-68

119:66 Teach me proper discernment ¹  and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable. ² 

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

but now I keep your instructions. ⁴ 

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

[119:66]  ¹ tn Heb “goodness of taste.” Here “taste” refers to moral and ethical discernment.

[119:66]  ² tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

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

[119:67]  ⁴ tn Heb “your word.”