119:5 If only I were predisposed 1
to keep your statutes!
119:44 Then I will keep 2 your law continually
now and for all time. 3
119:100 I am more discerning than those older than I,
for I observe your precepts.
1 tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”
2 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the negated jussive (see v. 43).
3 tn Or “forever and ever.”