119:22 Spare me 1 shame and humiliation,
for I observe your rules.
119:31 I hold fast 2 to your rules.
O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!
1 tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPsa), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).
2 tn Or “cling to.”