Psalms 119:27

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ¹ 

Then I can meditate ²  on your marvelous teachings. ³ 

Psalms 119:36

119:36 Give me a desire for your rules, ⁴ 

rather than for wealth gained unjustly. ⁵ 

Psalms 119:173

119:173 May your hand help me,

for I choose to obey ⁶  your precepts.

[119:27]  ¹ tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”

[119:27]  ² tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:27]  ³ tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

[119:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “turn my heart to your rules.”

[119:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “and not unjust gain.”

[119:173]  ⁶ tn The words “to obey” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.