Psalms 119:30

119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness;

I am committed to ¹  your regulations.

Psalms 16:8

16:8 I constantly trust in the Lord; ² 

because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended.

Psalms 131:2

131:2 Indeed ³  I am composed and quiet, ⁴ 

like a young child carried by its mother; ⁵ 

I am content like the young child I carry. ⁶ 

[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).

[16:8]  ² tn Heb “I set the Lord before me continually.” This may mean that the psalmist is aware of the Lord’s presence and sensitive to his moral guidance (see v. 7), or that he trusts in the Lord’s protection (see the following line).

[131:2]  ³ tn Or “but.”

[131:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “I make level and make quiet my soul.”

[131:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “like a weaned [one] upon his mother.”

[131:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “like the weaned [one] upon me, my soul.”