Psalms 119:22

119:22 Spare me shame and humiliation,

for I observe your rules.

Psalms 119:146

119:146 I cried out to you, “Deliver me,

so that I can keep your rules.”


tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPsa), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).

tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.