Psalms 119:17-18

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

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

119:18 Open ⁴  my eyes so I can truly see ⁵ 

the marvelous things in your law!

[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.

[119:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “uncover.” The verb form גַּל (gal) is an apocopated Piel imperative from גָּלָה (galah, see GKC 214 §75.cc).

[119:18]  ⁵ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.