94:20 Cruel rulers 1 are not your allies,
those who make oppressive laws. 2
119:7 I will give you sincere thanks, 3
when I learn your just regulations.
119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, 4
for I await your justice.
119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;
all your just regulations endure. 5
1 tn Heb “a throne of destruction.” “Throne” stands here by metonymy for rulers who occupy thrones.
2 tn Heb “Is a throne of destruction united to you, one that forms trouble upon a statute?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “Of course not!” The translation, while not preserving the interrogative form of the statement, reflects its rhetorical force.
3 tn Heb “I will give you thanks with an upright heart.”
5 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
7 tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.