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
119:54 Your statutes have been my songs 5
in the house where I live. 6
119:92 If I had not found encouragement in your law, 7
I would have died in my sorrow. 8
ע (Ayin)
119:121 I do what is fair and right. 9
Do not abandon me to my oppressors!
119:143 Distress and hardship confront 10 me,
yet I find delight in your commands.
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 Heb “songs were your statutes to me.”
6 tn Heb “in the house of my dwelling place.” Some take the Hebrew noun מָגוֹר (magor) in the sense of “temporary abode,” and see this as a reference to the psalmist’s status as a resident alien (see v. 19). But the noun can refer to a dwelling place in general (see Ps 55:15).
7 tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”
8 tn Or “my suffering.”
9 tn Heb “do justice and righteousness.”
10 tn Heb “find.”