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 

[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.