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Psalm 119:20-22
New English Translation
Psalm 119:20-22
New English Translation
20 I desperately long to know[a]
your regulations at all times.
21 You reprimand arrogant people.
Those who stray from your commands are doomed.[b]
22 Spare me[c] shame and humiliation,
for I observe your rules.
Footnotes
- 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.
- Psalm 119:22 tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPsa), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).
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