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 25:8

25:8 The Lord is both kind and fair; ⁴ 

that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. ⁵ 

Psalms 25:12

25:12 The Lord shows his faithful followers

the way they should live. ⁶ 

Psalms 32:8

32:8 I will instruct and teach you ⁷  about how you should live. ⁸ 

I will advise you as I look you in the eye. ⁹ 

Psalms 102:23

102:23 He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; ¹⁰ 

he has cut short my days.

Psalms 107:7

107:7 He led them on a level road, ¹¹ 

that they might find a city in which to live.

Psalms 110:7

110:7 From the stream along the road he drinks;

then he lifts up his head. ¹² 

Psalms 139:24

139:24 See if there is any idolatrous tendency ¹³  in me,

and lead me in the reliable ancient path! ¹⁴ 

Psalms 101:2

101:2 I will walk in ¹⁵  the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 101:6

101:6 I will favor the honest people of the land, ¹⁷ 

and allow them to live with me. ¹⁸ 

Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. ¹⁹ 

[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.

[25:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “good and just.”

[25:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “teaches sinners in the way.”

[25:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “Who is this man, the one who fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way he should choose.” The singular (note “man”) is representative here (see v. 14, where the plural is used), and has thus been translated as a plural (“followers…they”).

[32:8]  ¹⁰ tn The second person pronominal forms in this verse are singular. The psalmist addresses each member of his audience individually (see also the note on the word “eye” in the next line). A less likely option (but one which is commonly understood) is that the Lord addresses the psalmist in vv. 8-9 (cf. NASB “I will instruct you and teach you…I will counsel you with My eye upon you”).

[32:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I will instruct you and I will teach you in the way [in] which you should walk.”

[32:8]  ¹² tn Heb “I will advise, upon you my eye,” that is, “I will offer advice [with] my eye upon you.” In 2 Chr 20:12 the statement “our eye is upon you” means that the speakers are looking to the Lord for intervention. Here the expression “my eye upon you” may simply mean that the psalmist will teach his pupils directly and personally.

[102:23]  ¹³ tn Heb “he has afflicted my strength in the way.” The term “way” refers here to the course of the psalmist’s life, which appears to be ending prematurely (vv. 23b-24).

[107:7]  ¹⁶ sn A level road. See Jer 31:9.

[110:7]  ¹⁹ tn Here the expression “lifts up the head” refers to the renewed physical strength and emotional vigor (see Ps 3:3) provided by the refreshing water. For another example of a victorious warrior being energized by water in the aftermath of battle, see Judg 15:18-19 (see also 1 Sam 30:11-12, where the setting is different, however).

[139:24]  ²² tn Many understand the Hebrew term עֹצֶב (’otsev) as a noun meaning “pain,” and translate the phrase דֶּרֶךְ עֹצֶב (derekh ’otsev) as “of pain,” but this makes little sense here. (Some interpret it to refer to actions which bring pain to others.) It is preferable to take עֹצֶב as “idol” (see HALOT 865 s.v. I עֹצֶב) and understand “way of an idol” to refer to idolatrous actions or tendency. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 253.

[139:24]  ²³ tn Heb “in the path of antiquity.” This probably refers to the moral path prescribed by the Lord at the beginning of Israel’s history. See Jer 6:16; 18:15, as well as L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 253.

[101:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “take notice of.”

[101:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “I will walk about in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.”

[101:6]  ²⁸ tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”

[101:6]  ²⁹ tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”

[101:6]  ³⁰ tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”