Psalms 34:11

34:11 Come children! Listen to me!

I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord. ¹ 

Psalms 19:9

19:9 The commands to fear the Lord are right ² 

and endure forever. ³ 

The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy

and absolutely just. ⁴ 

Psalms 111:10

111:10 To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; ⁵ 

all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. ⁶ 

He will receive praise forever. ⁷ 

[34:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the fear of the Lord I will teach you.” In vv. 13-14 the psalmist explains to his audience what it means to “fear” the Lord.

[19:9]  ² tn Heb “the fear of the Lord is clean.” The phrase “fear of the Lord” probably refers here to the law, which teaches one how to demonstrate proper reverence for the Lord. See Ps 111:10 for another possible use of the phrase in this sense.

[19:9]  ³ tn Heb “[it] stands permanently.”

[19:9]  ⁴ sn Trustworthy and absolutely just. The Lord’s commands accurately reflect God’s moral will for his people and are an expression of his just character.

[111:10]  ³ tn Heb “the beginning of wisdom [is] the fear of the Lord.”

[111:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “good sense [is] to all who do them.” The third masculine plural pronominal suffix must refer back to the “precepts” mentioned in v. 7. In the translation the referent has been specified for clarity. The phrase שֵׂכֶל טוֹב (shekhel tov) also occurs in Prov 3:4; 13:15 and 2 Chr 30:22.

[111:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “his praise stands forever.”