Psalms 39:2

39:2 I was stone silent; ¹ 

I held back the urge to speak. ² 

My frustration grew; ³ 

Psalms 119:105

נ (Nun)

119:105 Your word ⁴  is a lamp to walk by,

and a light to illumine my path. ⁵ 

[39:2]  ¹ tn Heb “I was mute [with] silence.”

[39:2]  ² tn Heb “I was quiet from good.” He kept quiet, resisting the urge to find emotional release and satisfaction by voicing his lament.

[39:2]  ³ tn Heb “and my pain was stirred up.” Emotional pain is in view here.

[119:105]  ⁴ tn Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural (“words”).

[119:105]  ⁵ tn Heb “[is] a lamp for my foot and a light for my path.”