Mazmur 119:101

119:101 I stay away ¹  from the evil path,

so that I might keep your instructions. ² 

Mazmur 119:104

119:104 Your precepts give me discernment.

Therefore I hate all deceitful actions. ³ 

Mazmur 119:128

119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. ⁴ 

I hate all deceitful actions. ⁵ 

[119:101]  ¹ tn Heb “I hold back my feet.”

[119:101]  ² tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural.

[119:104]  ³ tn Heb “every false path.”

[119:128]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ tn Heb “every false path.”