Psalms 119:24

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. 1 

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, 2  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

Psalms 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront 3  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

Romans 15:4

15:4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

1 tn Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner that refutes the accusations of his enemies.

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

3 tn Heb “find.”