22:28 For the Lord is king 1
and rules over the nations.
119:22 Spare me 2 shame and humiliation,
for I observe your rules.
119:59 I consider my actions 3
and follow 4 your rules.
פ (Pe)
119:129 Your rules are marvelous.
Therefore I observe them.
119:138 The rules you impose are just, 5
and absolutely reliable.
119:167 I keep your rules;
I love them greatly.
1 tn Heb “for to the
2 tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPsa), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).
3 tn Heb “my ways.”
4 tn Heb “and I turn my feet toward.”
5 tn Heb “you commanded [in] justice your rules.”