Psalms 119:17

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live 1  and keep 2  your instructions. 3 

Psalms 119:77

119:77 May I experience your compassion, 4  so I might live!

For I find delight in your law.

1 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

2 tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.

3 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions read the plural here.

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