Psalms 25:4

25:4 Make me understand your ways, O Lord!

Teach me your paths! ¹ 

Psalms 119:12

119:12 You deserve praise, ²  O Lord!

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:26

119:26 I told you about my ways ³  and you answered me.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:64

119:64 O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:68

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:124

119:124 Show your servant your loyal love! ⁴ 

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:66

119:66 Teach me proper discernment ⁵  and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:108

119:108 O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise! ⁷ 

Teach me your regulations!

Psalms 143:10

143:10 Teach me to do what pleases you, ⁸ 

for you are my God.

May your kind presence ⁹ 

lead me ¹⁰  into a level land. ¹¹ 

[25:4]  ¹ sn Teach me your paths. In this context the Lord’s “ways” and “paths” refer to the moral principles which the Lord prescribes for his followers. See vv. 8-10.

[119:12]  ² tn Heb “[are] blessed.”

[119:26]  ³ tn Heb “my ways I proclaimed.”

[119:124]  ⁴ tn Heb “do with your servant according to your loyal love.”

[119:66]  ⁵ tn Heb “goodness of taste.” Here “taste” refers to moral and ethical discernment.

[119:66]  ⁶ tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

[119:108]  ⁶ tn Heb “of my mouth.”

[143:10]  ⁷ tn Or “your will.” See Ps 40:8.

[143:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “your good spirit.” God’s “spirit” may refer here to his presence (see the note on the word “presence” in Ps 139:7) or to his personal Spirit (see Ps 51:10).

[143:10]  ⁹ tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive. Taking the statement as a prayer fits well with the petitionary tone of vv. 7-10a.

[143:10]  ¹⁰ sn A level land (where one can walk free of obstacles) here symbolizes divine blessing and protection. See Pss 26:12 and 27:11 for similar imagery.