119:5 If only I were predisposed 1
to keep your statutes!
119:8 I will keep your statutes.
Do not completely abandon me! 2
119:12 You deserve praise, 3 O Lord!
Teach me your statutes!
119:124 Show your servant your loyal love! 4
Teach me your statutes!
119:135 Smile 5 on your servant!
Teach me your statutes!
1 tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”
2 tn Heb “do not abandon me to excess.” For other uses of the phrase עַד מְאֹד (’ad mÿ’od, “to excess”), see Ps 38:6, 8.
3 tn Heb “[are] blessed.”
4 tn Heb “do with your servant according to your loyal love.”
5 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”