Mazmur 119:133

119:133 Direct my steps by your word! ¹ 

Do not let any sin dominate me!

Mazmur 119:25

ד (Dalet)

119:25 I collapse in the dirt. ² 

Revive me with your word! ³ 

Mazmur 119:28

119:28 I collapse ⁴  from grief.

Sustain me by your word! ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:41

ו (Vav)

119:41 May I experience your loyal love, ⁶  O Lord,

and your deliverance, ⁷  as you promised. ⁸ 

Mazmur 119:76

119:76 May your loyal love console me,

as you promised your servant. ⁹ 

Mazmur 119:169

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ¹⁰  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[119:133]  ¹ tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).

[119:25]  ² tn Heb “my soul clings to the dirt.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[119:25]  ³ tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:28]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “and may your loyal love come to me.”

[119:41]  ⁷ tn Or “salvation” (so many English versions).

[119:41]  ⁸ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:76]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to your word to your servant.”

[119:169]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”