Psalms 94:19

Context

94:19 When worries threaten to overwhelm me,¹

your soothing touch makes me happy.²

Psalms 119:16

Context

119:16 I find delight³ in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions.⁴

Psalms 119:47

Context

119:47 I will find delight in your commands,

which I love.

Psalms 119:70

Context

119:70 Their hearts are calloused,⁵

but I find delight in your law.

[94:19] ¹tn Heb “when my worries are many within me.”

[94:19] ²tn Heb “your comforts cause my soul to delight.”

[119:16] ³tn The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight…I will not forget.”

[119:16] ⁴tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

[119:70] ⁵tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”