Psalms 119:38

119:38 Confirm to your servant your promise, ¹ 

which you made to the one who honors you. ² 

Psalms 119:50

119:50 This ³  is what comforts me in my trouble,

for your promise revives me. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:103

119:103 Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey! ⁵ 

Psalms 119:140

119:140 Your word is absolutely pure,

and your servant loves it!

¹ tn Heb “word.”

² tn Heb “which [is] for your fear,” that is, the promise made to those who exhibit fear of God.

³ tn The demonstrative “this” refers back to the hope just mentioned or forward to the statement in the second line concerning the promise’s power to revive. See the note on the word “me” at the end of the verse for further discussion.

⁴ tn The hope generated by the promise (see v. 49b) brings comfort because (note “for” at the beginning of the line) the promise revives the psalmist’s spirits. Another option is to take כִּי (ki) at the beginning of the second line in the sense of “that,” in which case “this” refers to the promise’s power to revive.

⁵ tn Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew mss, as well as several other ancient witnesses, read the plural “your words,” which can then be understood as the subject of the plural verb “they are smooth.”