Psalms 26:3

26:3 For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, ¹ 

and your loyalty continually motivates me. ² 

Psalms 119:30

119:30 I choose the path of faithfulness;

I am committed to ³  your regulations.

Malachi 2:6

2:6 He taught what was true; ⁴  sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

Malachi 2:2

2:2 If you do not listen and take seriously ⁵  the need to honor my name,” says the Lord who rules over all, “I will send judgment ⁶  on you and turn your blessings into curses – indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.

Malachi 1:4

1:4 Edom ⁷  says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all ⁸  responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as ⁹  the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.

Malachi 1:3

1:3 and rejected Esau. ¹⁰  I turned Esau’s ¹¹  mountains into a deserted wasteland ¹²  and gave his territory ¹³  to the wild jackals.”

Malachi 1:3-4

1:3 and rejected Esau. ¹⁴  I turned Esau’s ¹⁵  mountains into a deserted wasteland ¹⁶  and gave his territory ¹⁷  to the wild jackals.”

1:4 Edom ¹⁸  says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all ¹⁹  responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as ²⁰  the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.

¹ tn Heb “for your faithfulness [is] before my eyes.”

² tn Heb “and I walk about in your loyalty.”

³ tn BDB 1000-1001 s.v. I שָׁוָה derives the verb from the first homonym listed, meaning “to agree with; to be like; to resemble.” It here means (in the Piel stem) “to be accounted suitable,” which in turn would mean by metonymy “to accept; to be committed to.” Some prefer to derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to place; to set,” but in this case an elliptical prepositional phrase must be understood, “I place your regulations [before me]” (see Ps 16:8).

⁴ tn Heb “True teaching was in his mouth”; cf. NASB, NRSV “True instruction (doctrine NAB) was in his mouth.”

⁵ tn Heb “and if you do not place upon [the] heart”; KJV, NAB, NRSV “lay it to heart.”

⁶ tn Heb “the curse” (so NASB, NRSV); NLT “a terrible curse.”

⁷ sn Edom, a “brother” nation to Israel, became almost paradigmatic of hostility toward Israel and God (see Num 20:14-21; Deut 2:8; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Amos 1:11-12; Obad 10-12).

⁸ sn The epithet Lord who rules over all occurs frequently as a divine title throughout Malachi (24 times total). This name (יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, yÿhvah tsÿva’ot), traditionally translated “Lord of hosts” (so KJV, NAB, NASB; cf. NIV NLT “Lord Almighty”; NCV, CEV “Lord All-Powerful”), emphasizes the majestic sovereignty of the Lord, an especially important concept in the postexilic world of great human empires and rulers. For a thorough study of the divine title, see T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 123-57.

⁹ tn Heb “and they will call them.” The third person plural subject is indefinite; one could translate, “and people will call them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated.” The context indicates this is technical covenant vocabulary in which “love” and “hate” are synonymous with “choose” and “reject” respectively (see Deut 7:8; Jer 31:3; Hos 3:1; 9:15; 11:1).

¹¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”

¹³ tn Or “inheritance” (so NIV, NLT).

¹⁴ tn Heb “and I loved Jacob, but Esau I hated.” The context indicates this is technical covenant vocabulary in which “love” and “hate” are synonymous with “choose” and “reject” respectively (see Deut 7:8; Jer 31:3; Hos 3:1; 9:15; 11:1).

¹⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Esau) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “I set his mountains as a desolation.”

¹⁷ tn Or “inheritance” (so NIV, NLT).

¹⁸ sn Edom, a “brother” nation to Israel, became almost paradigmatic of hostility toward Israel and God (see Num 20:14-21; Deut 2:8; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; Amos 1:11-12; Obad 10-12).

¹⁹ sn The epithet Lord who rules over all occurs frequently as a divine title throughout Malachi (24 times total). This name (יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, yÿhvah tsÿva’ot), traditionally translated “Lord of hosts” (so KJV, NAB, NASB; cf. NIV NLT “Lord Almighty”; NCV, CEV “Lord All-Powerful”), emphasizes the majestic sovereignty of the Lord, an especially important concept in the postexilic world of great human empires and rulers. For a thorough study of the divine title, see T. N. D. Mettinger, In Search of God, 123-57.

²⁰ tn Heb “and they will call them.” The third person plural subject is indefinite; one could translate, “and people will call them.”