ד (Dalet)
119:25 I collapse in the dirt. 1
Revive me with your word! 2
119:28 I collapse 3 from grief.
Sustain me by your word! 4
119:42 Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, 5
for I trust in your word.
ט (Tet)
119:65 You are good 6 to your servant,
O Lord, just as you promised. 7
119:74 Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, 8
for I find hope in your word.
כ (Kaf)
119:81 I desperately long for 9 your deliverance.
I find hope in your word.
119:107 I am suffering terribly.
O Lord, revive me with your word! 10
119:114 You are my hiding place and my shield.
I find hope in your word.
119:147 I am up before dawn crying for help.
I find hope in your word.
ת (Tav)
119:169 Listen to my cry for help, 11 O Lord!
Give me insight by your word!
1 tn Heb “my soul clings to the dirt.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
2 tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Some translate “my soul weeps,” taking the verb דָלַף (dalaf) from a root meaning “to drip; to drop” (BDB 196 s.v. דֶּלַף). On the basis of cognate evidence from Arabic and Akkadian, HALOT 223 s.v. II דלף proposes a homonymic root here, meaning “be sleepless.” Following L. C. Allen (Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 127, 135) the translation assumes that the verb is cognate with Ugaritic dlp, “to collapse; to crumple” in CTA 2 iv. 17, 26. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 44, 144.
4 tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “and I will answer [the] one who insults me a word.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive (see v. 41).
6 tn Heb “do good.”
7 tn Heb “according to your word.”
8 tn Heb “those who fear you will see me and rejoice.”
9 tn Heb “my soul pines for.” See Ps 84:2.
10 tn Heb “according to your word.”
11 tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”