Discovery BoxPsalms 106:13 
Context106:13 They quickly forgot what he had done; 1
they did not wait for his instructions. 2
Psalms 119:16-17
Context119:16 I find delight 3 in your statutes;
I do not forget your instructions. 4
ג (Gimel)
119:17 Be kind to your servant!
Then I will live 5 and keep 6 your instructions. 7
Psalms 119:57
Contextח (Khet)
119:57 The Lord is my source of security. 8
I have determined 9 to follow your instructions. 10
Psalms 119:67
Context119:67 Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, 11
but now I keep your instructions. 12
Psalms 119:89
Contextל (Lamed)
119:89 O Lord, your instructions endure;
they stand secure in heaven. 13
Psalms 119:101
Context119:101 I stay away 14 from the evil path,
so that I might keep your instructions. 15
Psalms 119:130
Context119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. 16
They give 17 insight to the untrained. 18
Psalms 119:158
Context119:158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,
because they do not keep your instructions. 19
Psalms 119:162
Context119:162 I rejoice in your instructions,
like one who finds much plunder. 20
Psalms 119:172
Context119:172 May my tongue sing about your instructions, 21
for all your commands are just.
1 tn Heb “his works.”
2 tn Heb “his counsel.”
3 tn The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight…I will not forget.”
4 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
5 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
6 tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.
7 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
8 tn Heb “my portion [is] the
9 tn Heb “I said.”
10 tn Heb “to keep your words” (see v. 9).
11 tn Heb “before I suffered, I was straying off.”
12 tn Heb “your word.”
13 tn Heb “Forever, O
14 tn Heb “I hold back my feet.”
15 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
16 tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
17 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
18 tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.
19 tn Heb “your word.”
20 tn Heb “like one who finds great plunder.” See Judg 5:30. The image is that of a victorious warrior who finds a large amount of plunder on the field of battle.
21 tn Heb “your word.”
