Psalms 119:17

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live and keep your instructions.

Psalms 119:34

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart.


tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.

tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions read the plural here.

tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.