Psalms 119:16

119:16 I find delight ¹  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ² 

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, ³  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, ⁴ 

I would have died in my sorrow. ⁵ 

Psalms 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront ⁶  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

Psalms 119:162

119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,

like one who finds much plunder. ⁷ 

Job 27:10

27:10 Will he find delight ⁸  in the Almighty?

Will he call out to God at all times?

Jeremiah 6:10

6:10 I answered, ⁹ 

“Who would listen

if I spoke to them and warned them? ¹⁰ 

Their ears are so closed ¹¹ 

that they cannot hear!

Indeed, ¹²  what the Lord says is offensive to them.

They do not like it at all. ¹³ 

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

[119:77]  ³ tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”

[119:92]  ⁴ tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”

[119:92]  ⁵ tn Or “my suffering.”

[119:143]  ⁶ tn Heb “find.”

[119:162]  ⁷ tn Heb “like one who finds great plunder.” See Judg 5:30. The image is that of a victorious warrior who finds a large amount of plunder on the field of battle.

[27:10]  ⁸ tn See the note on 22:26 where the same verb is employed.

[6:10]  ⁹ tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[6:10]  ¹⁰ tn Or “To whom shall I speak? To whom shall I give warning? Who will listen?” Heb “Unto whom shall I speak and give warning that they may listen?”

[6:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “are uncircumcised.”

[6:10]  ¹² tn Heb “Behold!”

[6:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “They do not take pleasure in it.”