Psalm 119:33-35

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 119:33 tn Heb “the way of your statutes.”
2. Psalm 119:33 tn Heb “and I will keep it to the end.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative. The Hebrew term עֵקֶב (ʿeqev) is understood to mean “end” here. Another option is to take עֵקֶב as meaning “reward” here (see Ps 19:11) and to translate, “so that I might observe it and be rewarded.”
3. Psalm 119:34 tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.
4. Psalm 119:35 tn Or “make me walk.”
5. Psalm 119:35 tn Heb “for in it I delight.”