119:80 May I be fully committed to your statutes, 1
so that I might not be ashamed.
119:83 For 2 I am like a wineskin 3 dried up in smoke. 4
I do not forget your statutes.
1 tn Heb “may my heart be complete in your statutes.”
2 tn Or “even though.”
3 tn The Hebrew word נֹאד (no’d, “leather container”) refers to a container made from animal skin which is used to hold wine or milk (see Josh 9:4, 13; Judg 4:19; 1 Sam 16:20).
4 tn Heb “in the smoke.”