Psalms 119:42-43

119:42 Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, ¹ 

for I trust in your word.

119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, ² 

for I await your justice.

¹ tn Heb “and I will answer [the] one who insults me a word.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive (see v. 41).

² tn Heb “do not snatch from my mouth a word of truth to excess.” The psalmist wants to be able to give a reliable testimony about the Lord’s loyal love (vv. 41-42), but if God does not intervene, the psalmist will be deprived of doing so, for the evidence of such love (i.e., deliverance) will be lacking.