Mazmur 119:34

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart. ¹ 

Mazmur 119:66

119:66 Teach me proper discernment ²  and understanding!

For I consider your commands to be reliable. 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 119:169

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ⁶  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

[119:34]  ¹ tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

[119:66]  ² tn Heb “goodness of taste.” Here “taste” refers to moral and ethical discernment.

[119:66]  ³ tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

[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.

[119:169]  ⁶ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”