119:32 I run along the path of your commands,
for you enable me to do so. 1
119:36 Give me a desire for your rules, 2
rather than for wealth gained unjustly. 3
119:44 Then I will keep 4 your law continually
now and for all time. 5
119:45 I will be secure, 6
for I seek your precepts.
119:131 I open my mouth and pant,
because I long 7 for your commands.
119:159 See how I love your precepts!
O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!
119:173 May your hand help me,
for I choose to obey 8 your precepts.
1 tn Heb “for you make wide my heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and understanding. The
2 tn Heb “turn my heart to your rules.”
3 tn Heb “and not unjust gain.”
4 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the negated jussive (see v. 43).
5 tn Or “forever and ever.”
6 tn Heb “and I will walk about in a wide place.” The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive gives a further consequence of the anticipated positive divine response (see vv. 43-44). Another option is to take the cohortative as expressing the psalmist’s request. In this case one could translate, “and please give me security.”
7 tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.
8 tn The words “to obey” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.