ד (Dalet)
119:25 I collapse in the dirt. 1
Revive me with your word! 2
119:28 I collapse 3 from grief.
Sustain me by your word! 4
119:38 Confirm to your servant your promise, 5
which you made to the one who honors you. 6
1 tn Heb “my soul clings to the dirt.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being; soul”) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
2 tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Some translate “my soul weeps,” taking the verb דָלַף (dalaf) from a root meaning “to drip; to drop” (BDB 196 s.v. דֶּלַף). On the basis of cognate evidence from Arabic and Akkadian, HALOT 223 s.v. II דלף proposes a homonymic root here, meaning “be sleepless.” Following L. C. Allen (Psalms 101-150 [WBC], 127, 135) the translation assumes that the verb is cognate with Ugaritic dlp, “to collapse; to crumple” in CTA 2 iv. 17, 26. See G. R. Driver, Canaanite Myths and Legends, 44, 144.
4 tn Heb “according to your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “word.”
6 tn Heb “which [is] for your fear,” that is, the promise made to those who exhibit fear of God.