² tn Heb “for I believe in your commands.”

² tn Grk “The commands and teachings of men.”

² tn This probably refers to God’s commands.

¹ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at v. 9.

¹ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.

² tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.

² sn The Decalogue may not be included here because the people had heard those commands themselves earlier.

¹ tn Heb “do not tremble and do not be afraid.” Two synonymous commands are combined for emphasis.

³ tn Heb “walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV); TEV “do everything he commands.”

⁵ tn Heb “…walked, obeying the Lord’s commands. They did not do this.”

¹ tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”

¹ tn Heb “I hurry and I do not delay to keep your commands.”

¹ tn Heb “in my ears, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”

² sn The commands here are, of course, sarcastic and not meant to be taken literally.

² tn The psalmist has already declared that he observes God’s commands despite persecution, so here the idea must be “so that I might observe the commands of my God unhindered by threats.”

² sn With these words Joseph is depicted here as an obedient son who is ready to do what his father commands.

⁴ tn Because they reflect God’s character, his commands provide a code of moral and ethical purity.

¹ tn Heb “indeed [or “for”] the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts] has a day.”

³ tn Heb “to the place of the name of the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts], Mount Zion.”

¹ tn Heb “it was revealed in my ears [by?] the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].”