Psalms 119:17

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live ¹  and keep ²  your instructions. ³ 

Psalms 119:44

119:44 Then I will keep ⁴  your law continually

now and for all time. ⁵ 

Psalms 119:55

119:55 I remember your name during the night, O Lord,

and I will keep ⁶  your law.

Psalms 119:88

119:88 Revive me with ⁷  your loyal love,

that I might keep ⁸  the rules you have revealed. ⁹ 

Psalms 119:134

119:134 Deliver me ¹⁰  from oppressive men,

so that I can keep ¹¹  your precepts.

Psalms 119:146

119:146 I cried out to you, “Deliver me,

so that I can keep ¹²  your rules.”

[119:17]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:17]  ² tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.

[119:17]  ³ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions read the plural here.

[119:44]  ⁴ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the negated jussive (see v. 43).

[119:44]  ⁵ tn Or “forever and ever.”

[119:55]  ⁷ tn The cohortative verbal form expresses the psalmist’s resolve to obey the law.

[119:88]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “according to.”

[119:88]  ¹¹ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:88]  ¹² tn Heb “of your mouth.”

[119:134]  ¹³ tn Or “redeem me.”

[119:134]  ¹⁴ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:146]  ¹⁶ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.