Deuteronomy 7:9

7:9 So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, ¹  the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully ²  with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Micah 7:20

7:20 You will be loyal to Jacob

and extend your loyal love to Abraham, ³ 

which you promised on oath to our ancestors ⁴ 

in ancient times. ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “the God.” The article here expresses uniqueness; cf. TEV “is the only God”; NLT “is indeed God.”

² tn Heb “who keeps covenant and loyalty.” The syndetic construction of בְּרִית (bÿrit) and חֶסֶד (khesed) should be understood not as “covenant” plus “loyalty” but as an adverbial construction in which חֶסֶד (“loyalty”) modifies the verb שָׁמַר (shamar, “keeps”).

³ tn More literally, “You will extend loyalty to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham.

⁴ tn Heb “our fathers.” The Hebrew term refers here to more distant ancestors, not immediate parents.

⁵ tn Heb “which you swore [or, “pledged”] to our fathers from days of old.”