Psalms 119:16

119:16 I find delight 1  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. 2 

Psalms 119:24

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. 3 

Psalms 119:35

119:35 Guide me 4  in the path of your commands,

for I delight to walk in it. 5 

Psalms 119:70

119:70 Their hearts are calloused, 6 

but I find delight in your law.

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, 7  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

Psalms 119:174

119:174 I long for your deliverance, O Lord;

I find delight in your law.

1 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.”

2 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

3 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.

4 tn Or “make me walk.”

5 tn Heb “for in it I delight.”

6 tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”

7 tn Heb “and may your compassion come to me.”