Mazmur 119:98

119:98 Your commandments ¹  make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

Mazmur 119:104

119:104 Your precepts give me discernment.

Therefore I hate all deceitful actions. ² 

Mazmur 119:130

119:130 Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. ³ 

They give ⁴  insight to the untrained. ⁵ 

[119:98]  ¹ 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).

[119:104]  ² tn Heb “every false path.”

[119:130]  ³ tn Heb “the doorway of your words gives light.” God’s “words” refer here to the instructions in his law (see vv. 9, 57).

[119:130]  ⁴ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doorway] gives.”

[119:130]  ⁵ tn Or “the [morally] naive,” that is, the one who is young and still in the process of learning right from wrong and distinguishing wisdom from folly. See Pss 19:7; 116:6.