Psalms 119:25

ד (Dalet)

119:25 I collapse in the dirt. ¹ 

Revive me with your word! ² 

Psalms 119:28

119:28 I collapse ³  from grief.

Sustain me by your word! ⁴ 

Psalms 119:81

כ (Kaf)

119:81 I desperately long for ⁵  your deliverance.

I find hope in your word.

Psalms 119:114

119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.

I find hope in your word.

[119:25]  ¹ tn Heb “my soul clings to the dirt.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).

[119:25]  ² tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:28]  ³ tn Some translate “my soul weeps,” taking the verb דָלַף (dalaf) from a root meaning “to drip; to drop” (BDB 196 s.v. דֶּלַף). On the basis of cognate evidence from Arabic and Akkadian, HALOT 223 s.v. II דלף proposes a homonymic root here, meaning “be sleepless.” Following L. C. Allen (Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 127, 135) the translation assumes that the verb is cognate with Ugaritic dlp, “to collapse; to crumple” in CTA 2 iv. 17, 26. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 44, 144.

[119:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural “your words.”

[119:81]  ⁵ tn Heb “my soul pines for.” See Ps 84:2.