119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,
and keep it with all my heart. 1
י (Yod)
119:73 Your hands made me and formed me. 2
Give me understanding so that I might learn 3 your commands.
119:144 Your rules remain just. 4
Give me insight so that I can live. 5
1 tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.
2 tn Heb “made me and established me.” The two verbs also appear together in Deut 32:6, where God, compared to a father, is said to have “made and established” Israel.
3 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
4 tn Heb “just are your rules forever.”
5 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.