Psalm 119:31-33

New English Translation

³¹I hold fast^[a] to your rules.
O Lord, do not let me be ashamed.
³²I run along the path of your commands,
for you enable me to do so.^[b]

³³Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes,^[c]
so that I might observe it continually.^[d]

Psalm 119:31 tn Or “cling to.”
Psalm 119:32 tn Heb “for you make wide my heart.” The “heart” is viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s volition and understanding. The Lord gives the psalmist the desire and moral understanding that are foundational to the willing obedience depicted metaphorically in the preceding line. In Isa 60:5 the expression “your heart will be wide” means “your heart will swell with pride,” but here the nuance appears to be different.
Psalm 119:33 tn Heb “the way of your statutes.”
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.”

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