Psalms 88:11

88:11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,

or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? ¹ 

Psalms 92:2

92:2 It is fitting ²  to proclaim your loyal love in the morning,

and your faithfulness during the night,

Psalms 119:30

119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness;

I am committed to ³  your regulations.

Psalms 119:86

119:86 All your commands are reliable.

I am pursued without reason. ⁴  Help me!

Psalms 119:90

119:90 You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. ⁵ 

You established the earth and it stood firm.

Psalms 119:138

119:138 The rules you impose are just, ⁶ 

and absolutely reliable.

[88:11]  ¹ tn Heb “in Abaddon,” a name for Sheol. The noun is derived from a verbal root meaning “to perish,” “to die.”

[92:2]  ² tn The words “it is fitting” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. Verses 1-3 are actually one long sentence in the Hebrew text, but this has been divided up into two shorter sentences in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

[119:30]  ³ tn BDB 1000-1001 s.v. I שָׁוָה derives the verb from the first homonym listed, meaning “to agree with; to be like; to resemble.” It here means (in the Piel stem) “to be accounted suitable,” which in turn would mean by metonymy “to accept; to be committed to.” Some prefer to derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to place; to set,” but in this case an elliptical prepositional phrase must be understood, “I place your regulations [before me]” (see Ps 16:8).

[119:86]  ⁴ sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.

[119:90]  ⁵ tn Heb “to a generation and a generation [is] your faithfulness.”

[119:138]  ⁶ tn Heb “you commanded [in] justice your rules.”