119:116 Sustain me as you promised, 1 so that I will live. 2
Do not disappoint me! 3
119:117 Support me, so that I will be delivered.
Then I will focus 4 on your statutes continually.
1 tn Heb “according to your word.”
2 tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
3 tn Heb “do not make me ashamed of my hope.” After the Hebrew verb בּוֹשׁ (bosh, “to be ashamed”) the preposition מִן (min, “from”) often introduces the reason for shame.
4 tn Or “and that I might focus.” The two cohortatives with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the imperative at the beginning of the verse.