Mazmur 37:31

37:31 The law of their God controls their thinking; ¹ 

their ²  feet do not slip.

Mazmur 106:34

106:34 They did not destroy the nations, ³ 

as the Lord had commanded them to do.

Mazmur 107:11

107:11 because they had rebelled against God’s commands, ⁴ 

and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:6

119:6 Then I would not be ashamed,

if ⁶  I were focused on ⁷  all your commands.

Mazmur 119:13

119:13 With my lips I proclaim

all the regulations you have revealed. ⁸ 

Mazmur 119:15

119:15 I will meditate on ⁹  your precepts

and focus ¹⁰  on your behavior. ¹¹ 

Mazmur 119:35

119:35 Guide me ¹²  in the path of your commands,

for I delight to walk in it. ¹³ 

Mazmur 119:45

119:45 I will be secure, ¹⁴ 

for I seek your precepts.

Mazmur 119:47

119:47 I will find delight in your commands,

which I love.

Mazmur 119:50

119:50 This ¹⁵  is what comforts me in my trouble,

for your promise revives me. ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 119:60

119:60 I keep your commands

eagerly and without delay. ¹⁷ 

Mazmur 119:86

119:86 All your commands are reliable.

I am pursued without reason. ¹⁸  Help me!

Mazmur 119:103

119:103 Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey! ¹⁹ 

Mazmur 119:115

119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,

so that I can observe ²⁰  the commands of my God. ²¹ 

Mazmur 119:123

119:123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, ²² 

for your reliable promise to be fulfilled. ²³ 

Mazmur 119:131

119:131 I open my mouth and pant,

because I long ²⁴  for your commands.

Mazmur 119:141

119:141 I am insignificant and despised,

yet I do not forget your precepts.

Mazmur 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront ²⁵  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

Mazmur 119:151

119:151 You are near, O Lord,

and all your commands are reliable. ²⁶ 

Mazmur 119:154

119:154 Fight for me ²⁷  and defend me! ²⁸ 

Revive me with your word!

Mazmur 132:13

132:13 Certainly ²⁹  the Lord has chosen Zion;

he decided to make it his home. ³⁰ 

[37:31]  ¹ tn Heb “the law of his God [is] in his heart.” The “heart” is here the seat of one’s thoughts and motives.

[37:31]  ² tn Heb “his.” The pronoun has been translated as plural to agree with the representative or typical “godly” in v. 30.

[106:34]  ³ tn That is, the nations of Canaan.

[107:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “the words of God.”

[107:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the counsel of the Most High.”

[119:6]  ⁶ tn Or “when.”

[119:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “I gaze at.”

[119:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “of your mouth.”

[119:15]  ⁹ tn The cohortative verbal forms in this verse express the psalmist’s resolve.

[119:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “gaze [at].”

[119:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).

[119:35]  ¹² tn Or “make me walk.”

[119:35]  ¹³ tn Heb “for in it I delight.”

[119:45]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and I will walk about in a wide place.” The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive gives a further consequence of the anticipated positive divine response (see vv. 43-44). Another option is to take the cohortative as expressing the psalmist’s request. In this case one could translate, “and please give me security.”

[119:50]  ¹⁵ tn The demonstrative “this” refers back to the hope just mentioned or forward to the statement in the second line concerning the promise’s power to revive. See the note on the word “me” at the end of the verse for further discussion.

[119:50]  ¹⁶ tn The hope generated by the promise (see v. 49b) brings comfort because (note “for” at the beginning of the line) the promise revives the psalmist’s spirits. Another option is to take כִּי (ki) at the beginning of the second line in the sense of “that,” in which case “this” refers to the promise’s power to revive.

[119:60]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “I hurry and I do not delay to keep your commands.”

[119:86]  ¹⁸ sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.

[119:103]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew mss, as well as several other ancient witnesses, read the plural “your words,” which can then be understood as the subject of the plural verb “they are smooth.”

[119:115]  ²⁰ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:115]  ²¹ tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”

[119:123]  ²² tn Heb “my eyes fail for your deliverance.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. See the similar phrase in v. 82.

[119:123]  ²³ tn Heb “and for the word of your faithfulness.”

[119:131]  ²⁴ tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.

[119:143]  ²⁵ tn Heb “find.”

[119:151]  ²⁶ tn Or “truth.”

[119:154]  ²⁷ tn Or “argue my case.”

[119:154]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and redeem me.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Ps 19:14).

[132:13]  ²⁹ tn Or “for.”

[132:13]  ³⁰ tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”