Mazmur 119:27

119:27 Help me to understand what your precepts mean! ¹ 

Then I can meditate ²  on your marvelous teachings. ³ 

Mazmur 119:73

י (Yod)

119:73 Your hands made me and formed me. ⁴ 

Give me understanding so that I might learn ⁵  your commands.

Mazmur 119:144

119:144 Your rules remain just. ⁶ 

Give me insight so that I can live. ⁷ 

Mazmur 119:169

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ⁸  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[119:27]  ¹ tn Heb “the way of your precepts make me understand.”

[119:27]  ² tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:27]  ³ tn Heb “your amazing things,” which refers here to the teachings of the law (see v. 18).

[119:73]  ⁴ tn Heb “made me and established me.” The two verbs also appear together in Deut 32:6, where God, compared to a father, is said to have “made and established” Israel.

[119:73]  ⁵ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:144]  ⁶ tn Heb “just are your rules forever.”

[119:144]  ⁷ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[119:169]  ⁸ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”