119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! 1
Then I can meditate 2 on your marvelous teachings. 3
119:36 Give me a desire for your rules, 4
rather than for wealth gained unjustly. 5
119:173 May your hand help me,
for I choose to obey 6 your precepts.
1 tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”
2 tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
3 tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).
4 tn Heb “turn my heart to your rules.”
5 tn Heb “and not unjust gain.”
6 tn The words “to obey” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.