Psalms 50:17

50:17 For you hate instruction

and reject my words. ¹ 

Psalms 109:3

109:3 They surround me and say hateful things; ² 

they attack me for no reason.

Psalms 119:57

ח (Khet)

119:57 The Lord is my source of security. ³ 

I have determined ⁴  to follow your instructions. ⁵ 

Psalms 119:103

119:103 Your words are sweeter

in my mouth than honey! ⁶ 

Psalms 119:130

119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ⁷ 

They give ⁸  insight to the untrained. ⁹ 

Psalms 119:139

119:139 My zeal ¹⁰  consumes ¹¹  me,

for my enemies forget your instructions. ¹² 

[50:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and throw my words behind you.”

[109:3]  ² tn Heb “and [with] words of hatred they surround me.”

[119:57]  ³ tn Heb “my portion [is] the Lord.” The psalmist compares the Lord to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel (see Ps 16:5).

[119:57]  ⁴ tn Heb “I said.”

[119:57]  ⁵ tn Heb “to keep your words” (see v. 9).

[119:103]  ⁴ tn Heb “How smooth they are to my palate, your word, more than honey to my mouth.” A few medieval Hebrew mss, as well as several other ancient witnesses, read the plural “your words,” which can then be understood as the subject of the plural verb “they are smooth.”

[119:130]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”

[119:130]  ⁷ 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.

[119:139]  ⁶ tn or “zeal.”

[119:139]  ⁷ tn Heb “destroys,” in a hyperbolic sense.

[119:139]  ⁸ tn Heb “your words.”