Psalms 104:34

104:34 May my thoughts ¹  be pleasing to him!

I will rejoice in the Lord.

Psalms 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ²  your words, ³ 

so I might not sin against you.

Psalms 119:15

119:15 I will meditate on ⁴  your precepts

and focus ⁵  on your behavior. ⁶ 

Psalms 119:97-99

מ (Mem)

119:97 O how I love your law!

All day long I meditate on it.

119:98 Your commandments ⁷  make me wiser than my enemies,

for I am always aware of them.

119:99 I have more insight than all my teachers,

for I meditate on your rules.

Joshua 1:8

1:8 This law scroll must not leave your lips! ⁸  You must memorize it ⁹  day and night so you can carefully obey ¹⁰  all that is written in it. Then you will prosper ¹¹  and be successful. ¹² 

Joshua 1:1

The Lord Commissions Joshua

1:1 After Moses the Lord’s servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant:

Joshua 4:15

4:15 The Lord told Joshua,

¹ tn That is, the psalmist’s thoughts as expressed in his songs of praise.

² tn Or “hide.”

³ tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”

⁴ tn The cohortative verbal forms in this verse express the psalmist’s resolve.

⁵ tn Heb “gaze [at].”

⁶ tn Heb “ways” (referring figuratively to God’s behavior here).

⁷ tn The plural form needs to be revocalized as a singular in order to agree with the preceding singular verb and the singular pronoun in the next line. The Lord’s “command” refers here to the law (see Ps 19:8).

⁸ tn Heb “mouth.”

⁹ tn Heb “read it in undertones,” or “recite it quietly” (see HALOT 1:237).

¹⁰ tn Heb “be careful to do.”

¹¹ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

¹² tn Heb “and be wise,” but the word can mean “be successful” by metonymy.