Mazmur 24:7

24:7 Look up, ¹  you gates!

Rise up, ²  you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king ³  will enter! ⁴ 

Mazmur 24:9

24:9 Look up, you gates!

Rise up, you eternal doors!

Then the majestic king will enter!

Mazmur 119:17

ג (Gimel)

119:17 Be kind to your servant!

Then I will live ⁵  and keep ⁶  your instructions. ⁷ 

Mazmur 119:101

119:101 I stay away ⁸  from the evil path,

so that I might keep your instructions. ⁹ 

Mazmur 119:125

119:125 I am your servant. Give me insight,

so that I can understand ¹⁰  your rules.

[24:7]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up your heads.” The gates of the Lord’s dwelling place are here personified. The idiom “lift up the head” often means “be confident, bold” (see Judg 8:28; Job 10:15; Ps 83:2; Zech 1:21).

[24:7]  ² tn Heb “lift yourselves up.”

[24:7]  ³ tn Or “king of glory.”

[24:7]  ⁴ tn Following the imperatives of the preceding lines, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose or result.

[119:17]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:17]  ⁶ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.

[119:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions read the plural here.

[119:101]  ⁸ tn Heb “I hold back my feet.”

[119:101]  ⁹ tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the plural.

[119:125]  ¹⁰ tn or “know.” The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.