Psalms 119:57

ח (Khet)

119:57 The Lord is my source of security. ¹ 

I have determined ²  to follow your instructions. ³ 

Psalms 119:130

119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ⁴ 

They give ⁵  insight to the untrained. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:139

119:139 My zeal ⁷  consumes ⁸  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. ⁹ 

[119:57]  ¹ tn Heb “my portion [is] the Lord.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel (see Ps 16:5).

[119:57]  ² tn Heb “I said.”

[119:57]  ³ tn Heb “to keep your words” (see v. 9).

[119:130]  ⁴ tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).

[119:130]  ⁵ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”

[119:130]  ⁶ tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.

[119:139]  ⁷ tn or “zeal.”

[119:139]  ⁸ tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.

[119:139]  ⁹ tn Heb “your words.”