Mazmur 119:23

119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, ¹ 

your servant meditates on your statutes.

Mazmur 119:122

119:122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! ² 

Do not let the arrogant oppress me!

Mazmur 119:157

119:157 The enemies who chase me are numerous. ³ 

Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.

[119:23]  ¹ tn Heb “though rulers sit, about me they talk together.” (For another example of the Niphal of דָּבַר (davar) used with a suffixed form of the preposition ב, see Ezek 33:30.)

[119:122]  ² tn Heb “be surety for your servant for good.”

[119:157]  ³ tn Heb “many [are] those who chase me and my enemies.”