119:5 If only I were predisposed 1
to keep your statutes!
119:20 I desperately long to know 2
your regulations at all times.
119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;
they give me guidance. 3
ד (Dalet)
119:25 I collapse in the dirt. 4
Revive me with your word! 5
119:32 I run along the path of your commands,
for you enable me to do so. 6
119:35 Guide me 7 in the path of your commands,
for I delight to walk in it. 8
119:40 Look, I long for your precepts.
Revive me with your deliverance! 9
119:133 Direct my steps by your word! 10
Do not let any sin dominate me!
119:159 See how I love your precepts!
O Lord, revive me with your loyal love!
1 tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”
2 tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”
3 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.
4 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).
5 tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
6 tn Heb “for you make wide my heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and understanding. The
7 tn Or “make me walk.”
8 tn Heb “for in it I delight.”
9 tn Or “righteousness.”
10 tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).