Discovery BoxPsalms 119:20 
Context119:20 I desperately long to know 1
your regulations at all times.
Psalms 119:43
Context119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, 2
for I await your justice.
Psalms 119:75
Context119:75 I know, Lord, that your regulations 3 are just.
You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. 4
Psalms 119:123
Context119:123 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, 5
for your reliable promise to be fulfilled. 6
Psalms 119:131
Context119:131 I open my mouth and pant,
because I long 7 for your commands.
1 tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”
2 tn Heb “do not snatch from my mouth a word of truth to excess.” The psalmist wants to be able to give a reliable testimony about the
3 tn In this context (note the second line) the Hebrew term מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim), which so often refers to the regulations of God’s law elsewhere in this psalm, may refer instead to his decisions or disciplinary judgment.
4 tn Heb “and [in] faithfulness you afflicted me.”
5 tn Heb “my eyes fail for your deliverance.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. See the similar phrase in v. 82.
6 tn Heb “and for the word of your faithfulness.”
7 tn The verb occurs only here in the OT.
