Mazmur 119:105

נ (Nun)

119:105 Your word ¹  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ² 

Mazmur 39:11

39:11 You severely discipline people for their sins; ³ 

like a moth you slowly devour their strength. ⁴ 

Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah)

[119:105]  ¹ tn Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural (“words”).

[119:105]  ² tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”

[39:11]  ³ tn “with punishments on account of sin you discipline a man.”

[39:11]  ⁴ tc Heb “you cause to dissolve, like a moth, his desired [thing].” The translation assumes an emendation of חֲמוּדוֹ (khamudo, “his desirable [thing]”) to חֶמְדוֹ (khemdo, “his loveliness” [or “beauty”]), a reading that is supported by a few medieval Hebrew mss.