Psalms 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up 1  your words, 2 

so I might not sin against you.

Psalms 119:127-129

119:127 For this reason 3  I love your commands

more than gold, even purest gold.

119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. 4 

I hate all deceitful actions. 5 

פ (Pe)

119:129 Your rules are marvelous.

Therefore I observe them.

1 tn Or “hide.”

2 tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

3 tn “For this reason” connects logically with the statement made in v. 126. Because the judgment the psalmist fears (see vv. 119-120) is imminent, he remains loyal to God’s law.

4 tn Heb “for this reason all the precepts of everything I regard as right.” The phrase “precepts of everything” is odd. It is preferable to take the kaf (כ) on כֹּל (kol, “everything) with the preceding form as a pronominal suffix, “your precepts,” and the lamed (ל) with the following verb as an emphatic particle. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 138.

5 tn Heb “every false path.”