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 119:92

119:92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, ³ 

I would have died in my sorrow. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:143

119:143 Distress and hardship confront ⁵  me,

yet I find delight in your commands.

Psalms 119:174

119:174 I long for your deliverance, O Lord;

I find delight in your law.

[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.”

[119:92]  ³ tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”

[119:92]  ⁴ tn Or “my suffering.”

[119:143]  ⁴ tn Heb “find.”