Psalms 14:2

14:2 The Lord looks down from heaven ¹  at the human race, ² 

to see if there is anyone who is wise ³  and seeks God. ⁴ 

Psalms 33:13-14

33:13 The Lord watches ⁵  from heaven;

he sees all people. ⁶ 

33:14 From the place where he lives he looks carefully

at all the earth’s inhabitants.

Deuteronomy 26:15

26:15 Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors – a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Deuteronomy 26:1

Presentation of the First Fruits

26:1 When ⁷  you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,

Deuteronomy 8:1

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ⁸  I am giving ⁹  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ¹⁰  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ¹¹ 

Deuteronomy 8:1-2

The Lord’s Provision in the Desert

8:1 You must keep carefully all these commandments ¹²  I am giving ¹³  you today so that you may live, increase in number, ¹⁴  and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. ¹⁵  8:2 Remember the whole way by which he ¹⁶  has brought you these forty years through the desert ¹⁷  so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not.

Deuteronomy 16:9

The Festival of Weeks

16:9 You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them ¹⁸  from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain.

[14:2]  ¹ sn The picture of the Lord looking down from heaven draws attention to his sovereignty over the world.

[14:2]  ² tn Heb “upon the sons of man.”

[14:2]  ³ tn Or “acts wisely.” The Hiphil is exhibitive.

[14:2]  ⁴ sn Anyone who is wise and seeks God refers to the person who seeks to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him.

[33:13]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew perfect verbal forms in v. 13 state general facts.

[33:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the sons of men.”

[26:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it will come to pass that.”

[8:1]  ⁸ tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

[8:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

[8:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

[8:1]  ¹² tn The singular term (מִצְוָה, mitsvah) includes the whole corpus of covenant stipulations, certainly the book of Deuteronomy at least (cf. Deut 5:28; 6:1, 25; 7:11; 11:8, 22; 15:5; 17:20; 19:9; 27:1; 30:11; 31:5). The plural (מִצְוֹת, mitsot) refers to individual stipulations (as in vv. 2, 6).

[8:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “commanding” (so NASB). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in v. 11).

[8:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “multiply” (so KJV, NASB, NLT); NIV, NRSV “increase.”

[8:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 16, 18).

[8:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:2]  ¹⁷ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NRSV, NLT); likewise in v. 15.

[16:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the seven weeks.” The translation uses a pronoun to avoid redundancy in English.