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Psalm 119
119:1 א (Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the 119:2 How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart, 119:3 who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps. 119:4 You demand that your precepts be carefully kept. 119:5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! 119:6 Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands. 119:7 I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations. 119:8 I will keep your statutes. Do not completely abandon me! 119:9 ב(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions! 119:10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands! 119:11 In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you. 119:12 You deserve praise, O Lord! Teach me your statutes! 119:13 With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed. 119:14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds. 119:15 I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior. 119:16 I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. 119:17 ג(Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions. 119:18 Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law! 119:19 I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me! 119:20 I desperately long to know your regulations at all times. 119:21 You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed. 119:22 Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules. 119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes. 119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance. 119:25 ד(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word! 119:26 I told you about my ways and you answered me. Teach me your statutes! 119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings. 119:28 I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word! 119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law! 119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations. 119:31 I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed! 119:32 I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so. 119:33 ה(He) Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually. 119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart. 119:35 Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it. 119:36 Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly. 119:37 Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word! 119:38 Confirm to your servant your promise, which you made to the one who honors you. 119:39 Take away the insults that I dread! Indeed, your regulations are good. 119:40 Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance! 119:41 ו(Vav) May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised. 119:42 Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word. 119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice. 119:44 Then I will keep your law continually now and for all time. 119:45 I will be secure, for I seek your precepts. 119:46 I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed. 119:47 I will find delight in your commands, which I love.
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NET Notes: Psa 119:1 Heb “walk in.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:3 Heb “walk in his ways.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:4 Heb “you, you commanded your precepts, to keep, very much.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:5 Heb “if only my ways were established.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:6 Heb “I gaze at.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:7 Heb “I will give you thanks with an upright heart.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:8 Heb “do not abandon me to excess.” For other uses of the phrase עַד מְאֹד (’ad m...

NET Notes: Psa 119:9 Heb “by keeping according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:11 Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:12 Heb “[are] blessed.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:13 Heb “of your mouth.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:14 Heb “all wealth.” The phrase refers to all kinds of wealth and riches. See Prov 1:13; 6:31; 24:4; Ezek 27:12, 18.

NET Notes: Psa 119:15 Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).

NET Notes: Psa 119:16 Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

NET Notes: Psa 119:17 Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions read the plural here.

NET Notes: Psa 119:18 The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

NET Notes: Psa 119:19 Heb “I am a resident alien in the land.” Resident aliens were especially vulnerable and in need of help. They needed to know the social an...

NET Notes: Psa 119:20 Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:21 Heb “accursed.” The traditional punctuation of the Hebrew text takes “accursed” with the previous line (“arrogant, accur...

NET Notes: Psa 119:22 Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָ...

NET Notes: Psa 119:23 Heb “though rulers sit, about me they talk together.” (For another example of the Niphal of דָּבַר (da...

NET Notes: Psa 119:24 Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner th...

NET Notes: Psa 119:25 Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:26 Heb “my ways I proclaimed.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:27 Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

NET Notes: Psa 119:28 Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:29 Heb “be gracious to me.” The verb is used metonymically here for “graciously giving” the law. (See Gen 33:5, where Jacob uses ...

NET Notes: Psa 119:30 BDB 1000-1001 s.v. I שָׁוָה derives the verb from the first homonym listed, meaning “to agree with; to be li...

NET Notes: Psa 119:31 Or “cling to.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:32 Heb “for you make wide my heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and understanding. T...

NET Notes: Psa 119:33 Heb “and I will keep it to the end.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding ...

NET Notes: Psa 119:34 The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

NET Notes: Psa 119:35 Heb “for in it I delight.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:36 Heb “and not unjust gain.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:37 Heb “by your word.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:38 Heb “which [is] for your fear,” that is, the promise made to those who exhibit fear of God.

NET Notes: Psa 119:39 Or “for.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:40 Or “righteousness.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:41 Heb “according to your word.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:42 Heb “and I will answer [the] one who insults me a word.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result ...

NET Notes: Psa 119:43 Heb “do not snatch from my mouth a word of truth to excess.” The psalmist wants to be able to give a reliable testimony about the LordR...

NET Notes: Psa 119:44 Or “forever and ever.”

NET Notes: Psa 119:45 Heb “and I will walk about in a wide place.” The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive gives a further consequence of the an...

NET Notes: Psa 119:46 The series of four cohortatives with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive in vv. 46-48 list further consequences of the anticipated positive divine resp...

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