83:15 chase them with your gale winds,
and terrify 1 them with your windstorm.
119:86 All your commands are reliable.
I am pursued without reason. 2 Help me!
119:150 Those who are eager to do 3 wrong draw near;
they are far from your law.
119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. 4
Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.
שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)
119:161 Rulers pursue me for no reason,
yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions. 5
1 tn The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 15 express the psalmist’s wish or prayer.
2 sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.
3 tn Heb “those who pursue.”
4 tn Heb “many [are] those who chase me and my enemies.”
5 tn Heb “and because of your instructions my heart trembles.” The psalmist’s healthy “fear” of the consequences of violating God’s instructions motivates him to obey them. See v. 120.