Psalms 119:34

Context

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

and keep it with all my heart.¹

Psalms 119:66

Context

119:66 Teach me proper discernment² and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable.³

Psalms 119:73

Context

י (Yod)

119:73 Your hands made me and formed me.⁴

Give me understanding so that I might learn⁵ your commands.

Psalms 119:169

Context

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help,⁶ O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[119:34] ¹tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

[119:66] ²tn Heb “goodness of taste.” Here “taste” refers to moral and ethical discernment.

[119:66] ³tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

[119:73] ⁴tn 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] ⁵tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:169] ⁶tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”