Mazmur 119:16

119:16 I find delight ¹  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ² 

Mazmur 119:83

119:83 For ³  I am like a wineskin ⁴  dried up in smoke. ⁵ 

I do not forget your statutes.

Mazmur 119:109

119:109 My life is in continual danger, ⁶ 

but I do not forget your law.

[119:16]  ¹ 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.”

[119:16]  ² tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

[119:83]  ³ tn Or “even though.”

[119:83]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew word נֹאד (no’d, “leather container”) refers to a container made from animal skin which is used to hold wine or milk (see Josh 9:4, 13; Judg 4:19; 1 Sam 16:20).

[119:83]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the smoke.”

[119:109]  ⁶ tn Heb “my life [is] in my hands continually.”