Psalms 119:72

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

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ¹ 

Psalms 45:13

45:13 The princess ²  looks absolutely magnificent, ³ 

decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold. ⁴ 

[119:72]  ¹ tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”

[45:13]  ² tn Heb “[the] daughter of a king.”

[45:13]  ³ tn Heb “[is] completely glorious.”

[45:13]  ⁴ tc Heb “within, from settings of gold, her clothing.” The Hebrew term פְּנִימָה (pÿnimah, “within”), if retained, would go with the preceding line and perhaps refer to the bride being “within” the palace or her bridal chamber (cf. NIV, NRSV). Since the next two lines refer to her attire (see also v. 9b), it is preferable to emend the form to פְּנִינִיהָּ (“her pearls”) or to פְּנִינִים (“pearls”). The mem (מ) prefixed to “settings” is probably dittographic.