Psalms 119:15-16

119:15 I will meditate on ¹  your precepts

and focus ²  on your behavior. ³ 

119:16 I find delight ⁴  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ⁵ 

[119:15]  ¹ tn The cohortative verbal forms in this verse express the psalmist’s resolve.

[119:15]  ² tn Heb “gaze [at].”

[119:15]  ³ tn Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).

[119:16]  ⁴ tn The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight…I will not forget.”

[119:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.