Psalms 119:16

Context

119:16 I find delight¹ in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions.²

Psalms 119:61

Context

119:61 The ropes of the wicked tighten around³ me,

but I do not forget your law.

Psalms 119:176

Context

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep.⁴

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

[119:16] ¹tn 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] ²tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

[119:61] ³tn Heb “surround.”

[119:176] ⁴tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).