119:29 Remove me from the path of deceit! 1
Graciously give me 2 your law!
119:58 I seek your favor 3 with all my heart.
Have mercy on me as you promised! 4
41:10 As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up,
so I can pay them back!” 5
86:3 Have mercy on me, 6 O Lord,
for I cry out to you all day long!
1 tn The “path of deceit” refers to a lifestyle characterized by deceit and disloyalty to God. It stands in contrast to the “way of faithfulness” in v. 30.
2 tn Heb “be gracious to me.” The verb is used metonymically here for “graciously giving” the law. (See Gen 33:5, where Jacob uses this verb in describing how God had graciously given him children.)
3 tn Heb “I appease your face.”
4 tn Heb “according to your word.”
5 tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) here indicates purpose or result (“Then I will repay them”) after the preceding imperatives.
7 tn Or “show me favor.”