Psalms 119:20

119:20 I desperately long to know

your regulations at all times.

Psalms 119:112

119:112 I am determined to obey your statutes

at all times, to the very end.

Deuteronomy 5:19

5:19 You must not steal.

Deuteronomy 11:1

Reiteration of the Call to Obedience

11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times.


tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”

tn Heb “I turn my heart to do.”

tn This collocation of technical terms for elements of the covenant text lends support to its importance and also signals a new section of paraenesis in which Moses will exhort Israel to covenant obedience. The Hebrew term מִשְׁמָרוֹת (mishmarot, “obligations”) sums up the three terms that follow – חֻקֹּת (khuqot), מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishppatim), and מִצְוֹת (mitsot).