Psalms 119:65-72

ט (Tet)

119:65 You are good ¹  to your servant,

O Lord, just as you promised. ² 

119:66 Teach me proper discernment ³  and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable. ⁴ 

119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, ⁵ 

but now I keep your instructions. ⁶ 

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

119:69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, ⁷ 

but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

119:70 Their hearts are calloused, ⁸ 

but I find delight in your law.

119:71 It was good for me to suffer,

so that I might learn your statutes.

119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ⁹ 

[119:65]  ¹ tn Heb “do good.”

[119:65]  ² tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:66]  ³ tn Heb “goodness of taste.” Here “taste” refers to moral and ethical discernment.

[119:66]  ⁴ tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

[119:67]  ⁵ tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”

[119:67]  ⁶ tn Heb “your word.”

[119:69]  ⁷ tn Heb “smear over me a lie.”

[119:70]  ⁹ tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”

[119:72]  ¹¹ tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”