Mazmur 17:5

17:5 I carefully obey your commands; ¹ 

I do not deviate from them. ² 

Mazmur 19:13

19:13 Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant ³  sins;

do not allow such sins to control me. ⁴ 

Then I will be blameless,

and innocent of blatant ⁵  rebellion.

Mazmur 119:116-117

119:116 Sustain me as you promised, ⁶  so that I will live. ⁷ 

Do not disappoint me! ⁸ 

119:117 Support me, so that I will be delivered.

Then I will focus ⁹  on your statutes continually.

Mazmur 119:133

119:133 Direct my steps by your word! ¹⁰ 

Do not let any sin dominate me!

[17:5]  ¹ tn Heb “my steps stay firm in your tracks.” The infinitive absolute functions here as a finite verb (see GKC 347 §113.gg). God’s “tracks” are his commands, i.e., the moral pathways he has prescribed for the psalmist.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “my footsteps do not stagger.”

[19:13]  ³ tn Or “presumptuous.”

[19:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “let them not rule over me.”

[19:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “great.”

[119:116]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to your word.”

[119:116]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:116]  ⁸ tn Heb “do not make me ashamed of my hope.” After the Hebrew verb בּוֹשׁ (bosh, “to be ashamed”) the preposition מִן (min, “from”) often introduces the reason for shame.

[119:117]  ⁹ tn Or “and that I might focus.” The two cohortatives with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the imperative at the beginning of the verse.

[119:133]  ¹⁰ tn God’s “word” refers here to his law (see v. 11).