Psalms 119:24

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. ¹ 

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, ²  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

Psalms 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront ³  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

Romans 15:4

15:4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.

[119:24]  ¹ tn Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner that refutes the accusations of his enemies.

[119:77]  ² tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”

[119:143]  ³ tn Heb “find.”