Psalms 119:30

119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness;

I am committed to ¹  your regulations.

Psalms 119:35

119:35 Guide me ²  in the path of your commands,

for I delight to walk in it. ³ 

Psalms 119:40

119:40 Look, I long for your precepts.

Revive me with your deliverance! ⁴ 

Psalms 119:111

119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy. ⁵ 

[119:30]  ¹ tn BDB 1000-1001 s.v. I שָׁוָה derives the verb from the first homonym listed, meaning “to agree with; to be like; to resemble.” It here means (in the Piel stem) “to be accounted suitable,” which in turn would mean by metonymy “to accept; to be committed to.” Some prefer to derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to place; to set,” but in this case an elliptical prepositional phrase must be understood, “I place your regulations [before me]” (see Ps 16:8).

[119:35]  ² tn Or “make me walk.”

[119:35]  ³ tn Heb “for in it I delight.”

[119:40]  ⁴ tn Or “righteousness.”

[119:111]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”