119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,
and keep it with all my heart. 1
119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,
so that I can observe 2 the commands of my God. 3
1 tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.
2 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
3 tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”