Discovery BoxPsalms 73:22 
Context73:22 I was ignorant 1 and lacked insight; 2
I was as senseless as an animal before you. 3
Psalms 119:99
Context119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
for I meditate on your rules.
Psalms 119:125
Context119:125 I am your servant. Give me insight,
so that I can understand 4 your rules.
Psalms 119:130
Context119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. 5
They give 6 insight to the untrained. 7
Psalms 119:144
Context119:144 Your rules remain just. 8
Give me insight so that I can live. 9
Psalms 119:169
Contextת (Tav)
119:169 Listen to my cry for help, 10 O Lord!
Give me insight by your word!
1 tn Or “brutish, stupid.”
2 tn Heb “and I was not knowing.”
3 tn Heb “an animal I was with you.”
4 tn or “know.” The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
5 tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).
6 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”
7 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.
8 tn Heb “just are your rules forever.”
9 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
10 tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”
