Psalms 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ¹  your words, ² 

so I might not sin against you.

Psalms 119:30

119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness;

I am committed to ³  your regulations.

Psalms 119:105

נ (Nun)

119:105 Your word ⁴  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ⁵ 

James 1:25

1:25 But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, ⁶  and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he ⁷  will be blessed in what he does. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “hide.”

² tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

³ tn BDB 1000-1001 s.v. I שָׁוָה derives the verb from the first homonym listed, meaning “to agree with; to be like; to resemble.” It here means (in the Piel stem) “to be accounted suitable,” which in turn would mean by metonymy “to accept; to be committed to.” Some prefer to derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to place; to set,” but in this case an elliptical prepositional phrase must be understood, “I place your regulations [before me]” (see Ps 16:8).

⁴ tn Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural (“words”).

⁵ tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”

⁶ tn Grk “continues.”

⁷ tn Grk “this one.”

⁸ tn Grk “in his doing.”