Psalms 119:93

119:93 I will never forget your precepts,

for by them you have revived me.

Psalms 119:139

119:139 My zeal ¹  consumes ²  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. ³ 

Psalms 119:141

119:141 I am insignificant and despised,

yet I do not forget your precepts.

Psalms 119:153

ר (Resh)

119:153 See my pain and rescue me!

For I do not forget your law.

Psalms 119:176

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ⁴ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

Proverbs 3:1

Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord ⁵ 

3:1 My child, ⁶  do not forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep ⁷  my commandments,

[119:139]  ¹ tn or “zeal.”

[119:139]  ² tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.

[119:139]  ³ tn Heb “your words.”

[119:176]  ⁴ tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).

[3:1]  ⁵ sn The chapter begins with an introductory exhortation (1-4), followed by an admonition to be faithful to the Lord (5-12). Wisdom is commended as the most valuable possession (13-18), essential to creation (19-20), and the way to a long and safe life (21-26). There then follows a warning to avoid unneighborliness (27-30) and emulating the wicked (31-35).

[3:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “my son” (likewise in vv. 11, 21).

[3:1]  ⁷ tn The verb יִצֹּר (yitsor) is a Qal jussive and the noun לִבֶּךָ (libbekha, “your heart”) functions as the subject: “let your heart keep my commandments.”