Psalms 119:74

119:74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, ¹ 

for I find hope in your word.

Psalms 119:81

כ (Kaf)

119:81 I desperately long for ²  your deliverance.

I find hope in your word.

Psalms 119:114

119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.

I find hope in your word.

Psalms 119:147

119:147 I am up before dawn crying for help.

I find hope in your word.

Psalms 119:43

119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, ³ 

for I await your justice.

¹ tn Heb “those who fear you will see me and rejoice.”

² tn Heb “my soul pines for.” See Ps 84:2.

³ 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.