Psalms 119:75-78

119:75 I know, Lord, that your regulations ¹  are just.

You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. ² 

119:76 May your loyal love console me,

as you promised your servant. ³ 

119:77 May I experience your compassion, ⁴  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

119:78 May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! ⁵ 

But I meditate on your precepts.

[119:75]  ¹ tn In this context (note the second line) the Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim), which so often refers to the regulations of God’s law elsewhere in this psalm, may refer instead to his decisions or disciplinary judgment.

[119:75]  ² tn Heb “and [in] faithfulness you afflicted me.”

[119:76]  ³ tn Heb “according to your word to your servant.”

[119:77]  ⁵ tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”

[119:78]  ⁷ tn Heb “for [with] falsehood they have denied me justice.”