Psalms 119:31

119:31 I hold fast ¹  to your rules.

O Lord, do not let me be ashamed!

Psalms 119:80

119:80 May I be fully committed to your statutes, ² 

so that I might not be ashamed.

Job 22:26

22:26 Surely then you will delight yourself ³  in the Almighty,

and will lift up your face toward God.

Daniel 12:2-3

12:2 Many of those who sleep

in the dusty ground will awake –

some to everlasting life,

and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. ⁴ 

12:3 But the wise will shine

like the brightness of the heavenly expanse.

And those bringing many to righteousness

will be like the stars forever and ever.

Daniel 12:1

12:1 “At that time Michael,

the great prince who watches over your people, ⁵ 

will arise. ⁶ 

There will be a time of distress

unlike any other from the nation’s beginning ⁷ 

up to that time.

But at that time your own people,

all those whose names are ⁸  found written in the book,

will escape.

Daniel 2:28

2:28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, ⁹  and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. ¹⁰  The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed ¹¹  are as follows.

Daniel 3:20-21

3:20 He ordered strong ¹²  soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. 3:21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, ¹³  and were thrown into the furnace ¹⁴  of blazing fire.

¹ tn Or “cling to.”

² tn Heb “may my heart be complete in your statutes.”

³ tc This is the same verb as in Ps 37:4. G. R. Driver suggests the word comes from another root that means “abandon oneself to, depend on” (“Problems in the Hebrew text of Job,” VTSup 3 [1955]: 84).

⁴ sn This verse is the only undisputed reference to a literal resurrection found in the Hebrew Bible.

⁵ tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”

⁶ tn Heb “will stand up.”

⁷ tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”

⁸ tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

⁹ tn Aram “a revealer of mysteries.” The phrase serves as a quasi-title for God in Daniel.

¹⁰ tn Aram “in the latter days.”

¹¹ tn Aram “your dream and the visions of your head upon your bed.”

¹² tn This is sometimes taken as a comparative: “[some of the] strongest.”

¹³ sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.

¹⁴ tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.