Psalms 119:14

119:14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules ¹ 

as if ²  they were riches of all kinds. ³ 

Psalms 119:24

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:35

119:35 Guide me ⁵  in the path of your commands,

for I delight to walk in it. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:47

119:47 I will find delight in your commands,

which I love.

Psalms 119:70

119:70 Their hearts are calloused, ⁷ 

but I find delight in your law.

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, ⁸  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

Psalms 119:92

119:92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, ⁹ 

I would have died in my sorrow. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 40:8

40:8 I want to do what pleases you, ¹¹  my God.

Your law dominates my thoughts.” ¹² 

Romans 7:22

7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

Hebrews 10:16-17

10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put ¹³  my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,” ¹⁴  10:17 then he says, ¹⁵  “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.” ¹⁶ 

[119:14]  ¹ tn Heb “in the way of your rules.”

[119:14]  ² tn Heb “as upon,” meaning “as if” (see 2 Chr 32:19).

[119:14]  ³ tn Heb “all wealth.” The phrase refers to all kinds of wealth and riches. See Prov 1:13; 6:31; 24:4; Ezek 27:12, 18.

[119:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner that refutes the accusations of his enemies.

[119:35]  ⁵ tn Or “make me walk.”

[119:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “for in it I delight.”

[119:70]  ⁷ tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”

[119:77]  ⁸ tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”

[119:92]  ⁹ tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”

[119:92]  ¹⁰ tn Or “my suffering.”

[40:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “your will.”

[40:8]  ¹² tn Heb “your law [is] in the midst of my inner parts.” The “inner parts” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s thought life and moral decision making.

[10:16]  ¹³ tn Grk “putting…I will inscribe.”

[10:16]  ¹⁴ sn A quotation from Jer 31:33.

[10:17]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and.”

[10:17]  ¹⁶ sn A quotation from Jer 31:34.