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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
ALEPH
"Aleph" is the the name of the first letter in the Hebrew alphabet. Verses 1 through 8 each begin with this Hebrew letter. See "Formatting in this chapter" in Psalm 119 General Notes.
Blessed are those
"How good it is for those"
those whose ways are blameless
How a person behaves is spoken of as "ways" or "paths." Alternate translation: "those whose behavior is blameless" or "those whom no one can blame for doing wrong" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
who walk in the law of Yahweh
The way a person lives or behaves is spoken of as walking. Alternate translation: "who live according to the law of Yahweh" or "who obey the law of Yahweh." This phrase clarifies the meaning of "whose ways are blameless" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)