119:86 All your commands are reliable.
I am pursued without reason. 1 Help me!
119:151 You are near, O Lord,
and all your commands are reliable. 2
119:160 Your instructions are totally reliable;
all your just regulations endure. 3
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 Or “truth.”
3 tn Heb “the head of your word is truth, and forever [is] all your just regulation.” The term “head” is used here of the “sum total” of God’s instructions.