81:13 If only my people would obey me! 1
If only Israel would keep my commands! 2
119:5 If only I were predisposed 3
to keep your statutes!
1 tn Heb “if only my people were listening to me.” The Hebrew particle לוּ (lu, “if not”) introduces a purely hypothetical or contrary to fact condition (see 2 Sam 18:12).
2 tn Heb “[and if only] Israel would walk in my ways.”
3 tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”