Psalms 119:22

119:22 Spare me shame and humiliation,

for I observe your rules.

Psalms 119:56

119:56 This has been my practice,

for I observe your precepts.

Psalms 119:129

פ (Pe)

119:129 Your rules are marvelous.

Therefore I observe them.


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 Heb “this has been to me.” The demonstrative “this” (1) refers back to the practices mentioned in vv. 54-55, or (2) looks forward to the statement in the second line, in which case the כִּי (ki) at the beginning of the second line should be translated “that.”