ר (Resh)
119:153 See my pain and rescue me!
For I do not forget your law.
119:154 Fight for me 1 and defend me! 2
Revive me with your word!
119:155 The wicked have no chance for deliverance, 3
for they do not seek your statutes.
119:156 Your compassion is great, O Lord.
Revive me, as you typically do! 4
119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. 5
Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
119:158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,
because they do not keep your instructions. 6
119:159 See how I love your precepts!
O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!
119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;
all your just regulations endure. 7
1 tn Or “argue my case.”
2 tn Heb “and redeem me.” The verb “redeem” casts the
1 tn Heb “far from the wicked [is] deliverance.”
1 tn Heb “according to your customs.”
1 tn Heb “many [are] those who chase me and my enemies.”
1 tn Heb “your word.”
1 tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.