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10 With my whole heart I seek you;
    do not let me stray from your commandments.(A)

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10 I seek you with all my heart;(A)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(B)

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34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
    and observe it with my whole heart.(A)

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34 Give me understanding,(A) so that I may keep your law(B)
    and obey it with all my heart.(C)

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Happy are those who keep his decrees,
    who seek him with their whole heart,

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Blessed(A) are those who keep his statutes(B)
    and seek him(C) with all their heart—(D)

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    he restores my soul.[a]
He leads me in right paths[b]
    for his name’s sake.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.3 Or life
  2. 23.3 Or paths of righteousness

    he refreshes my soul.(A)
He guides me(B) along the right paths(C)
    for his name’s sake.(D)

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15 All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought him with their whole desire, and he was found by them, and the Lord gave them rest all around.(A)

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15 All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God(A) eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest(B) on every side.

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A highway shall be there,[a]
    and it shall be called the Holy Way;
the unclean shall not travel on it,[b]
    but it shall be for God’s people;[c]
    no traveler, not even fools, shall go astray.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 35.8 Q ms Gk Syr: MT A highway and a way shall be there
  2. 35.8 Or pass it by
  3. 35.8 Cn: Heb for them

And a highway(A) will be there;
    it will be called the Way of Holiness;(B)
    it will be for those who walk on that Way.
The unclean(C) will not journey on it;
    wicked fools will not go about on it.

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133 Keep my steps steady according to your promise,
    and never let iniquity have dominion over me.(A)

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133 Direct my footsteps according to your word;(A)
    let no sin rule(B) over me.

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118 You spurn all who go astray from your statutes,
    for their cunning is in vain.(A)

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118 You reject all who stray(A) from your decrees,
    for their delusions come to nothing.

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21 You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,
    who wander from your commandments;(A)

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21 You rebuke the arrogant,(A) who are accursed,(B)
    those who stray(C) from your commands.

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22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters[a] in everything, not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.22 In Gk the same word is used for master and Lord
  2. 3.22 In Gk the same word is used for master and Lord

22 Slaves, obey your earthly masters in everything; and do it, not only when their eye is on you and to curry their favor, but with sincerity of heart and reverence for the Lord.

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10 Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart but only in pretense, says the Lord.(A)

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10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return(A) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,(B)” declares the Lord.(C)

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16 Whoever wanders from the way of understanding
    will rest in the assembly of the dead.(A)

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16 Whoever strays from the path of prudence
    comes to rest in the company of the dead.(A)

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13 who forsake the paths of uprightness
    to walk in the ways of darkness,(A)

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13 who have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways,(A)

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