119:63 I am a friend to all your loyal followers, 1
and to those who keep your precepts.
119:115 Turn away from me, you evil men,
so that I can observe 2 the commands of my God. 3
1 tn Heb “to all who fear you.”
2 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
3 tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”