119:14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules 1
as if 2 they were riches of all kinds. 3
119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance. 4
119:35 Guide me 5 in the path of your commands,
for I delight to walk in it. 6
119:47 I will find delight in your commands,
which I love.
119:70 Their hearts are calloused, 7
but I find delight in your law.
119:77 May I experience your compassion, 8 so I might live!
For I find delight in your law.
119:92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, 9
I would have died in my sorrow. 10
1 tn Heb “in the way of your rules.”
2 tn Heb “as upon,” meaning “as if” (see 2 Chr 32:19).
3 tn Heb “all wealth.” The phrase refers to all kinds of wealth and riches. See Prov 1:13; 6:31; 24:4; Ezek 27:12, 18.
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 Or “make me walk.”
6 tn Heb “for in it I delight.”
7 tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”
8 tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”
9 tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”
10 tn Or “my suffering.”