Psalms 119:17-18

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live and keep your instructions.

119:18 Open my eyes so I can truly see

the marvelous things in your law!


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 Heb “uncover.” The verb form גַּל (gal) is an apocopated Piel imperative from גָּלָה (galah, see GKC 214 §75.cc).

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