Mazmur 119:20

119:20 I desperately long to know ¹ 

your regulations at all times.

Mazmur 119:106

119:106 I have vowed and solemnly sworn

to keep your just regulations.

Mazmur 119:160

119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;

all your just regulations endure. ² 

Mazmur 119:164

119:164 Seven ³  times a day I praise you

because of your just regulations.

Mazmur 119:175

119:175 May I ⁴  live and praise you!

May your regulations help me! ⁵ 

[119:20]  ¹ tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

[119:160]  ² tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.

[119:164]  ³ tn The number “seven” is use rhetorically to suggest thoroughness.

[119:175]  ⁴ tn Heb “my life.”

[119:175]  ⁵ tn God’s regulations will “help” the psalmist by giving him moral and ethical guidance.