Mazmur 119:86

119:86 All your commands are reliable.

I am pursued without reason. ¹  Help me!

Mazmur 119:144

119:144 Your rules remain just. ² 

Give me insight so that I can live. ³ 

[119:86]  ¹ sn God’s commands are a reliable guide to right and wrong. By keeping them the psalmist is doing what is right, yet he is still persecuted.

[119:144]  ² tn Heb “just are your rules forever.”

[119:144]  ³ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.