119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance. 1
119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. 2
They give 3 insight to the untrained. 4
1 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.
2 tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
3 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
4 tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.