Mazmur 119:8

119:8 I will keep your statutes.

Do not completely abandon me! ¹ 

Mazmur 119:15-16

119:15 I will meditate on ²  your precepts

and focus ³  on your behavior. ⁴ 

119:16 I find delight ⁵  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ⁶ 

[119:8]  ¹ tn Heb “do not abandon me to excess.” For other uses of the phrase עַד מְאֹד (’ad mÿ’od, “to excess”), see Ps 38:6, 8.

[119:15]  ² tn The cohortative verbal forms in this verse express the psalmist’s resolve.

[119:15]  ³ tn Heb “gaze [at].”

[119:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).

[119:16]  ⁵ tn The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight…I will not forget.”

[119:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.