Deuteronomy 6:17

6:17 Keep his ¹  commandments very carefully, ²  as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.

Deuteronomy 6:20

Exhortation to Remember the Past

6:20 When your children ³  ask you later on, “What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?”

Deuteronomy 6:1

Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles

6:1 Now these are the commandments, ⁴  statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 2:3

2:3 “You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north.

Psalms 119:2

119:2 How blessed are those who observe his rules,

and seek him with all their heart,

Psalms 119:14

119:14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules ⁶ 

as if ⁷  they were riches of all kinds. ⁸ 

Psalms 119:22

119:22 Spare me ⁹  shame and humiliation,

for I observe your rules.

Psalms 119:24

119:24 Yes, I find delight in your rules;

they give me guidance. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 119:111

119:111 I claim your rules as my permanent possession,

for they give me joy. ¹¹ 

[6:17]  ¹ tn Heb “the commandments of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[6:17]  ² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute before the finite verb to emphasize the statement. The imperfect verbal form is used here with an obligatory nuance that can be captured in English through the imperative. Cf. NASB, NRSV “diligently keep (obey NLT).”

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “your son.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “commandment.” The word מִצְוָה (mitsvah) again is in the singular, serving as a comprehensive term for the whole stipulation section of the book. See note on the word “commandments” in 5:31.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “where you are going over to possess it” (so NASB); NRSV “that you are about to cross into and occupy.”

[119:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the way of your rules.”

[119:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “as upon,” meaning “as if” (see 2 Chr 32:19).

[119:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “all wealth.” The phrase refers to all kinds of wealth and riches. See Prov 1:13; 6:31; 24:4; Ezek 27:12, 18.

[119:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “roll away from upon me.” Some derive the imperatival form גַּל (gal) from גָּלָה (galah, “uncover,” as in v. 18), but here the form is from גָּלַל (galal, “roll”; see Josh 5:9, where חֶרְפָּה [kherpah, “shame; reproach”] also appears as object of the verb). Some, following the lead of a Dead Sea scroll (11QPs^a), emend the form to גֹּל (gol).

[119:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “men of my counsel.” That is, God’s rules are like advisers to the psalmist, for they teach him how to live in a godly manner that refutes the accusations of his enemies.

[119:111]  ¹¹ tn Heb “for the joy of my heart [are] they.”