Psalms 119:22

119:22 Spare me ¹  shame and humiliation,

for I observe your rules.

Psalms 119:31

119:31 I hold fast ²  to your rules.

O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

[119:22]  ¹ tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPs^a), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).

[119:31]  ² tn Or “cling to.”