Psalms 19:12

19:12 Who can know all his errors? ¹ 

Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. ² 

Psalms 94:8

94:8 Take notice of this, ³  you ignorant people! ⁴ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

Psalms 119:27

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ⁵ 

Then I can meditate ⁶  on your marvelous teachings. ⁷ 

Psalms 119:34

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart. ⁸ 

Psalms 119:73

י (Yod)

119:73 Your hands made me and formed me. ⁹ 

Give me understanding so that I might learn ¹⁰  your commands.

Psalms 119:95

119:95 The wicked prepare to kill me, ¹¹ 

yet I concentrate on your rules.

Psalms 119:100

119:100 I am more discerning than those older than I,

for I observe your precepts.

Psalms 119:125

119:125 I am your servant. Give me insight,

so that I can understand ¹²  your rules.

Psalms 119:130

119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ¹³ 

They give ¹⁴  insight to the untrained. ¹⁵ 

Psalms 119:144

119:144 Your rules remain just. ¹⁶ 

Give me insight so that I can live. ¹⁷ 

Psalms 119:169

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ¹⁸  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[19:12]  ¹ tn Heb “Errors who can discern?” This rhetorical question makes the point that perfect moral discernment is impossible to achieve. Consequently it is inevitable that even those with good intentions will sin on occasion.

[19:12]  ² tn Heb “declare me innocent from hidden [things],” i.e., sins. In this context (see the preceding line) “hidden” sins are not sins committed in secret, but sins which are not recognized as such by the psalmist.

[94:8]  ³ tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”

[119:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”

[119:27]  ⁶ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

[119:34]  ⁷ tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

[119:73]  ⁹ tn Heb “made me and established me.” The two verbs also appear together in Deut 32:6, where God, compared to a father, is said to have “made and established” Israel.

[119:73]  ¹⁰ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:95]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the wicked wait for me to kill me.”

[119:125]  ¹³ tn or “know.” The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:130]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”

[119:130]  ¹⁷ 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.

[119:144]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “just are your rules forever.”

[119:144]  ¹⁸ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:169]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”