104:18 The wild goats live in the high mountains; 1
the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs.
119:16 I find delight 2 in your statutes;
I do not forget your instructions. 3
119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance. 4
119:70 Their hearts are calloused, 5
but I find delight in your law.
119:77 May I experience your compassion, 6 so I might live!
For I find delight in your law.
כ (Kaf)
119:81 I desperately long for 7 your deliverance.
I find hope in your word.
119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.
I find hope in your word.
119:143 Distress and hardship confront 8 me,
yet I find delight in your commands.
119:147 I am up before dawn crying for help.
I find hope in your word.
119:174 I long for your deliverance, O Lord;
I find delight in your law.
1 tn Heb “the high mountains [are] for the goats.”
2 tn 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.”
3 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner that refutes the accusations of his enemies.
5 tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”
6 tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”
7 tn Heb “my soul pines for.” See Ps 84:2.
8 tn Heb “find.”