Psalms 119:16

119:16 I find delight ¹  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ² 

Psalms 119:47

119:47 I will find delight in your commands,

which I love.

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, ³  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

Job 23:12

23:12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;

I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion. ⁴ 

John 4:34

4:34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me ⁵  and to complete ⁶  his work. ⁷ 

¹ tn The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight…I will not forget.”

² tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

³ tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”

⁴ tc The form in the MT (מֵחֻקִּי, mekhuqqi) means “more than my portion” or “more than my law.” An expanded meaning results in “more than my necessary food” (see Ps 119:11; cf. KJV, NASB, ESV). HALOT 346 s.v. חֹק 1 indicates that חֹק (khoq) has the meaning of “portion” and is here a reference to “what is appointed for me.” The LXX and the Latin versions, along with many commentators, have בְּחֵקִי (bÿkheqi, “in my bosom”).

⁵ sn The one who sent me refers to the Father.

⁶ tn Or “to accomplish.”

⁷ tn The substantival ἵνα (Jina) clause has been translated as an English infinitive clause.