Mazmur 119:17

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live ¹  and keep ²  your instructions. ³ 

Mazmur 119:67

119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, ⁴ 

but now I keep your instructions. ⁵ 

Mazmur 119:101

119:101 I stay away ⁶  from the evil path,

so that I might keep your instructions. ⁷ 

[119:17]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:17]  ² tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.

[119:17]  ³ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions read the plural here.

[119:67]  ⁴ tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”

[119:67]  ⁵ tn Heb “your word.”

[119:101]  ⁶ tn Heb “I hold back my feet.”

[119:101]  ⁷ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural.