Psalms 119:67

119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, ¹ 

but now I keep your instructions. ² 

Psalms 119:118

119:118 You despise ³  all who stray from your statutes,

for they are deceptive and unreliable. ⁴ 

[119:67]  ¹ tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”

[119:67]  ² tn Heb “your word.”

[119:118]  ³ tn The Hebrew verb סָלָה (salah, “to disdain”) occurs only here and in Lam 1:15. Cognate usage in Aramaic and Akkadian, as well as Lam 1:15, suggest it may have a concrete nuance of “to throw away.”

[119:118]  ⁴ tn Heb “for their deceit [is] falsehood.”