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162 I rejoice at your word
    like one who finds great spoil.(A)

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162 I rejoice(A) in your promise
    like one who finds great spoil.(B)

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16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
    and your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.(A)

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16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
    Lord God Almighty.

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72 The law of your mouth is better to me
    than thousands of gold and silver pieces.(A)

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72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me
    than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.(A)

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111 Your decrees are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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16 When he had taken him down, they were spread out all over the ground, eating and drinking and dancing, because of the great amount of spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.(A)

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16 He led David down, and there they were, scattered over the countryside, eating, drinking and reveling(A) because of the great amount of plunder(B) they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from Judah.

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You have multiplied exultation;[a]
    you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
    as with joy at the harvest,
    as people exult when dividing plunder.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9.3 Cn: Heb multiplied the nation not

You have enlarged the nation(A)
    and increased their joy;(B)
they rejoice before you
    as people rejoice at the harvest,
as warriors rejoice
    when dividing the plunder.(C)

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19 It is better to be of a lowly spirit among the poor
    than to divide the spoil with the proud.

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19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
    than to share plunder with the proud.

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