Psalms 119:12

119:12 You deserve praise, ¹  O Lord!

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:26

119:26 I told you about my ways ²  and you answered me.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:130

119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ³ 

They give ⁴  insight to the untrained. ⁵ 

Psalms 119:169

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119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ⁶  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[119:12]  ¹ tn Heb “[are] blessed.”

[119:26]  ² tn Heb “my ways I proclaimed.”

[119:130]  ³ tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).

[119:130]  ⁴ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”

[119:130]  ⁵ tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.

[119:169]  ⁶ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”