Psalm 119:151-153

New English Translation

¹⁵¹You are near, O Lord,
and all your commands are reliable.^[a]
¹⁵²I learned long ago that
you ordained your rules to last.^[b]

¹⁵³See my pain and rescue me.
For I do not forget your law.

Psalm 119:151 tn Or “truth.”
Psalm 119:152 tn Heb “long ago I knew concerning your rules, that forever you established them.” See v. 89 for the same idea. The translation assumes that the preposition מִן (min) prefixed to “your rules” introduces the object of the verb יָדַע (yadaʿ), as in 1 Sam 23:23. Another option is that the preposition indicates source, in which case one might translate, “Long ago I realized from your rules that forever you established them” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

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