Mazmur 27:11

27:11 Teach me how you want me to live; ¹ 

lead me along a level path ²  because of those who wait to ambush me! ³ 

Mazmur 37:40

37:40 The Lord helps them and rescues them;

he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, ⁴ 

for they seek his protection.

Mazmur 119:74

119:74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, ⁵ 

for I find hope in your word.

Mazmur 119:119

119:119 You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. ⁶ 

Therefore I love your rules. ⁷ 

Mazmur 119:128

119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. ⁸ 

I hate all deceitful actions. ⁹ 

[27:11]  ¹ tn Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles which he expects the psalmist to follow. See Ps 25:4.

[27:11]  ² sn The level path refers to God’s moral principles (see the parallel line), which, if followed, will keep the psalmist blameless before his accusers (see v. 12).

[27:11]  ³ tn Heb “because of those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 54:5; 56:2.

[37:40]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) consecutive carry on the generalizing tone of the preceding verse.

[119:74]  ⁵ tn Heb “those who fear you will see me and rejoice.”

[119:119]  ⁶ sn Traditionally “dross” (so KJV, ASV, NIV). The metaphor comes from metallurgy; “slag” is the substance left over after the metallic ore has been refined.

[119:119]  ⁷ sn As he explains in the next verse, the psalmist’s fear of judgment motivates him to obey God’s rules.

[119:128]  ⁸ tn Heb “for this reason all the precepts of everything I regard as right.” The phrase “precepts of everything” is odd. It is preferable to take the kaf (כ) on כֹּל (kol, “everything) with the preceding form as a pronominal suffix, “your precepts,” and the lamed (ל) with the following verb as an emphatic particle. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 138.

[119:128]  ⁹ tn Heb “every false path.”