119:86 All your commands are reliable.
I am pursued without reason. 1 Help me!
119:138 The rules you impose are just, 2
and absolutely reliable.
119:142 Your justice endures, 3
and your law is reliable. 4
1 sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.
2 tn Heb “you commanded [in] justice your rules.”
3 tn Heb “your justice [is] justice forever.”
4 tn Or “truth.”