Mazmur 27:10

27:10 Even if my father and mother abandoned me, ¹ 

the Lord would take me in. ² 

Mazmur 119:28

119:28 I collapse ³  from grief.

Sustain me by your word! ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront ⁵  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

[27:10]  ¹ tn Or “though my father and mother have abandoned me.”

[27:10]  ² tn Heb “gather me in”; or “receive me.”

[119:28]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:143]  ⁵ tn Heb “find.”