Psalms 119:12

119:12 You deserve praise, ¹  O Lord!

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 119:26

119:26 I told you about my ways ²  and you answered me.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 27:11

27:11 Teach me how you want me to live; ³ 

lead me along a level path ⁴  because of those who wait to ambush me! ⁵ 

Isaiah 2:3

2:3 many peoples will come and say,

“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain,

to the temple of the God of Jacob,

so ⁶  he can teach us his requirements, ⁷ 

and ⁸  we can follow his standards.” ⁹ 

For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; ¹⁰ 

the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem. ¹¹ 

Isaiah 48:17-18

48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, ¹²  says,

the Holy One of Israel: ¹³ 

“I am the Lord your God,

who teaches you how to succeed,

who leads you in the way you should go.

48:18 If only you had obeyed my ¹⁴  commandments,

prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, ¹⁵ 

deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. ¹⁶ 

Matthew 11:29

11:29 Take my yoke ¹⁷  on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

[119:12]  ¹ tn Heb “[are] blessed.”

[119:26]  ² tn Heb “my ways I proclaimed.”

[27:11]  ³ tn Heb “teach me your way.” The Lord’s “way” refers here to the moral principles which he expects the psalmist to follow. See Ps 25:4.

[27:11]  ⁴ sn The level path refers to God’s moral principles (see the parallel line), which, if followed, will keep the psalmist blameless before his accusers (see v. 12).

[27:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “because of those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 54:5; 56:2.

[2:3]  ⁶ tn The prefixed verb form with simple vav (ו) introduces a purpose/result clause after the preceding prefixed verb form (probably to be taken as a cohortative; see IBHS 650 §39.2.2a).

[2:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “his ways.” In this context God’s “ways” are the standards of moral conduct he decrees that people should live by.

[2:3]  ⁸ tn The cohortative with vav (ו) after the prefixed verb form indicates the ultimate purpose/goal of their action.

[2:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “walk in his ways.”

[2:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for out of Zion will go instruction.”

[2:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

[48:17]  ¹² tn Heb “your redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[48:17]  ¹³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[48:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “paid attention to” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “had listened to.”

[48:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “like a river your peace would have been.” שָׁלוֹם (shalom) probably refers here to the peace and prosperity which God promised in return for obedience to the covenant.

[48:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.” צְדָקָה (tsÿdaqah) probably refers here to divine deliverance from enemies. See v. 19.

[11:29]  ¹⁷ sn A yoke is a wooden bar or frame that joins two animals like oxen or horses so that they can pull a wagon, plow, etc. together. Here it is used figuratively of the restrictions that a teacher or rabbi would place on his followers.