Psalms 94:20

94:20 Cruel rulers ¹  are not your allies,

those who make oppressive laws. ² 

Psalms 119:7

119:7 I will give you sincere thanks, ³ 

when I learn your just regulations.

Psalms 119:43

119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, ⁴ 

for I await your justice.

Psalms 119:160

119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;

all your just regulations endure. ⁵ 

[94:20]  ¹ tn Heb “a throne of destruction.” “Throne” stands here by metonymy for rulers who occupy thrones.

[94:20]  ² tn Heb “Is a throne of destruction united to you, one that forms trouble upon a statute?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “Of course not!” The translation, while not preserving the interrogative form of the statement, reflects its rhetorical force.

[119:7]  ³ tn Heb “I will give you thanks with an upright heart.”

[119:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not snatch from my mouth a word of truth to excess.” The psalmist wants to be able to give a reliable testimony about the Lord’s loyal love (vv. 41-42), but if God does not intervene, the psalmist will be deprived of doing so, for the evidence of such love (i.e., deliverance) will be lacking.

[119:160]  ⁷ tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.