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92 If I had not found encouragement in your law,[a]
I would have died in my sorrow.[b]
93 I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have revived me.
94 I belong to you. Deliver me!
For I seek your precepts.
95 The wicked prepare to kill me,[c]
yet I concentrate on your rules.
96 I realize that everything has its limits,
but your commands are beyond full comprehension.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:92 tn Heb “if your law had not been my delight.”
  2. Psalm 119:92 tn Or “my suffering.”
  3. Psalm 119:95 tn Heb “the wicked wait for me to kill me.”
  4. Psalm 119:96 tn Heb “to every perfection I have seen an end, your command is very wide.” God’s law is beyond full comprehension, which is why the psalmist continually studies it (vv. 95, 97).

92 If your law had not been my delight,(A)
    I would have perished in my affliction.(B)
93 I will never forget(C) your precepts,
    for by them you have preserved my life.(D)
94 Save me,(E) for I am yours;
    I have sought out your precepts.(F)
95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me,(G)
    but I will ponder your statutes.(H)
96 To all perfection I see a limit,
    but your commands are boundless.(I)

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