Psalms 119:40

119:40 Look, I long for your precepts.

Revive me with your deliverance! ¹ 

Psalms 119:162

119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,

like one who finds much plunder. ² 

Psalms 119:174

119:174 I long for your deliverance, O Lord;

I find delight in your law.

Hebrews 12:14

Do Not Reject God’s Warning

12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, ³  for without it no one will see the Lord.

[119:40]  ¹ tn Or “righteousness.”

[119:162]  ² tn Heb “like one who finds great plunder.” See Judg 5:30. The image is that of a victorious warrior who finds a large amount of plunder on the field of battle.

[12:14]  ³ sn The references to peace and holiness show the close connection between this paragraph and the previous one. The pathway toward “holiness” and the need for it is cited in Heb 12:10 and 14. More importantly Prov 4:26-27 sets up the transition from one paragraph to the next: It urges people to stay on godly paths (Prov 4:26, quoted here in v. 13) and promises that God will lead them in peace if they do so (Prov 4:27 [LXX], quoted in v. 14).