Psalms 119:16

Context

119:16 I find delight¹ in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions.²

Psalms 119:83

Context

119:83 For³ I am like a wineskin⁴ dried up in smoke.⁵

I do not forget your statutes.

Psalms 119:109

Context

119:109 My life is in continual danger,⁶

but I do not forget your law.

[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.

[119:83] ³tn Or “even though.”

[119:83] ⁴tn The Hebrew word נֹאד (no’d, “leather container”) refers to a container made from animal skin which is used to hold wine or milk (see Josh 9:4, 13; Judg 4:19; 1 Sam 16:20).

[119:83] ⁵tn Heb “in the smoke.”

[119:109] ⁵tn Heb “my life [is] in my hands continually.”