Psalms 119:20
Context119:20 I desperately long to know 1
your regulations at all times.
Psalms 119:112
Context119:112 I am determined to obey 2 your statutes
at all times, to the very end.
Deuteronomy 5:19
Context5:19 You must not steal.
Deuteronomy 11:1
Context11:1 You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments 3 at all times.
[119:20] 1 tn Heb “my soul languishes for longing for.”
[119:112] 2 tn Heb “I turn my heart to do.”
[11:1] 3 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).