Discovery BoxPsalms 119:129-136
Contextפ (Pe)
119:129 Your rules are marvelous.
Therefore I observe them.
119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. 1
They give 2 insight to the untrained. 3
119:131 I open my mouth and pant,
because I long 4 for your commands.
119:132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,
as you typically do to your loyal followers. 5
119:133 Direct my steps by your word! 6
Do not let any sin dominate me!
119:134 Deliver me 7 from oppressive men,
so that I can keep 8 your precepts.
119:135 Smile 9 on your servant!
Teach me your statutes!
119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes, 10
because people 11 do not keep your law.
[119:130] 1 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] 2 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
[119:130] 3 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.
[119:131] 1 tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.
[119:132] 1 tn Heb “according to custom toward the lovers of your name.” The “lovers of” God’s “name” are the
[119:133] 1 tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).
[119:134] 1 tn Or “redeem me.”
[119:134] 2 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
[119:135] 1 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”
[119:136] 1 tn Heb “[with] flowing streams my eyes go down.”
[119:136] 2 tn Heb “they”; even though somewhat generic, the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
