119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, 1
but now I keep your instructions. 2
119:118 You despise 3 all who stray from your statutes,
for they are deceptive and unreliable. 4
1 tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”
2 tn Heb “your word.”
3 tn The Hebrew verb סָלָה (salah, “to disdain”) occurs only here and in Lam 1:15. Cognate usage in Aramaic and Akkadian, as well as Lam 1:15, suggest it may have a concrete nuance of “to throw away.”
4 tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”