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Psalm 119:19-21
English Standard Version
Psalm 119:19-21
English Standard Version
19 I am (A)a sojourner on the earth;
(B)hide not your commandments from me!
20 My soul is consumed with (C)longing
for your rules[a] at all times.
21 You rebuke (D)the insolent, (E)accursed ones,
who (F)wander from your commandments.
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:20 Or your just decrees; also verses 30, 39, 43, 52, 75, 102, 108, 137, 156, 175
Psalm 119:19-21
New English Translation
Psalm 119:19-21
New English Translation
19 I am a resident foreigner in this land.[a]
Do not hide your commands from me.
20 I desperately long to know[b]
your regulations at all times.
21 You reprimand arrogant people.
Those who stray from your commands are doomed.[c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 119:19 sn Heb This metaphor probably derives from Lev 25:23, which uses the terms גֵּר (ger, “resident foreigner”) and תּוֹשָׁב; (toshav, “resident/temporary settler”). Lev 25:23 emphasizes that Israel would be a guest on God’s land. They were attached to the Lord’s household; they did not own the land. Cf. also Ps 39:12 and Gen 23:4.
- Psalm 119:20 tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”
- Psalm 119:21 tn Heb “accursed.” The traditional punctuation of the Hebrew text takes “accursed” with the previous line (“arrogant, accursed ones”), but it is preferable to take it with the second line as the predicate of the statement.
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