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 119:34

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:73

י (Yod)

119:73 Your hands made me and formed me. ⁵ 

Give me understanding so that I might learn ⁶  your commands.

Psalms 119:125

119:125 I am your servant. Give me insight,

so that I can understand ⁷  your rules.

Psalms 119:144

119:144 Your rules remain just. ⁸ 

Give me insight so that I can live. ⁹ 

Psalms 119:169

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ¹⁰  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[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).

[119:34]  ⁴ tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

[119:73]  ⁷ tn Heb “made me and established me.” The two verbs also appear together in Deut 32:6, where God, compared to a father, is said to have “made and established” Israel.

[119:73]  ⁸ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:125]  ¹⁰ tn or “know.” The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:144]  ¹³ tn Heb “just are your rules forever.”

[119:144]  ¹⁴ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:169]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”