Psalms 17:4

17:4 As for the actions of people ¹  –

just as you have commanded,

I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. ² 

Psalms 18:21

18:21 For I have obeyed the Lord’s commands; ³ 

I have not rebelled against my God. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:67

119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, ⁵ 

but now I keep your instructions. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:168

119:168 I keep your precepts and rules,

for you are aware of everything I do. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “with regard to the deeds of man[kind].”

² tn Heb “by the word of your lips, I, I have watched the paths of the violent” (i.e., “watched” in the sense of “watched for the purpose of avoiding”).

³ tn Heb “for I have kept the ways of the Lord.” The phrase “ways of the Lord” refers here to the “conduct required” by the Lord. In Ps 25 the Lord’s “ways” are associated with his covenantal demands (see vv. 4, 9-10). See also Ps 119:3 (cf. vv. 1, 4), as well as Deut 8:6; 10:12; 11:22; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16.

⁴ tn Heb “I have not acted wickedly from my God.” The statement is elliptical; the idea is, “I have not acted wickedly and, in so doing, departed from my God.”

⁵ tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”

⁶ tn Heb “your word.”

⁷ tn Heb “for all my ways [are] before you.”