Psalm 19/Notes/Verbal.V. 14bc.9283
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
- The verb אֵיתָם is morphologically stative (cf. e.g., וָאֵקַ֖ל, Gen 16:5). The LXX translates this with an if-then clause to underscore the result semantics: ἐὰν μή μου κατακυριεύσωσιν, τότε ἄμωμος ἔσομαι καὶ καθαρισθήσομαι ἀπὸ ἁμαρτίας μεγάλης.