Mazmur 119:16

119:16 I find delight ¹  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ² 

Mazmur 119:98

119:98 Your commandments ³  make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

Mazmur 119:109

119:109 My life is in continual danger, ⁴ 

but I do not forget your law.

Mazmur 119:141

119:141 I am insignificant and despised,

yet I do not forget your precepts.

Mazmur 119:176

119:176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. ⁵ 

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

[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.

[119:98]  ³ tn The plural form needs to be revocalized as a singular in order to agree with the preceding singular verb and the singular pronoun in the next line. The Lord’s “command” refers here to the law (see Ps 19:8).

[119:109]  ⁴ tn Heb “my life [is] in my hands continually.”

[119:176]  ⁵ tn Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).