116:6 The Lord protects 1 the untrained; 2
I was in serious trouble 3 and he delivered me.
119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. 4
They give 5 insight to the untrained. 6
1 tn Heb “guards.” The active participle indicates this is a characteristic of the
2 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 Ps 19:7.
3 tn Heb “I was low.”
4 tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
5 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
6 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.