Verse 33
ה ,
HE.--The Fifth Part .
HE. Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes ,.... Which they point unto, and direct to walk in; not only the statutes and ordinances themselves, the theory of them, but the practice of them. This is taught in the word, and by the ministers of it; but none so effectually teach as the Lord himself, Isaiah 2:3 ;
and I shall keep it unto the end ; keep the way unto the end of it: or rather to the end of life, all my days, and never depart out of it, or turn to the right hand or the left; but walk on in it as long as I live: or, "I shall observe it, even the end" F3 אצרנה עקב "et custodiam finem"; so some in Gejerus. ; the end of the way of thy statutes or commandments. Now the end of the commandment is charity or love, which is the fulfilling of it: though that is perfectly fulfilled by none but by Christ, the end of the law for righteousness, 1 Thessalonians 1:5 . The word for "end" signifies a "reward"; so Aben Ezra interprets it, and refers to Psalm 19:11 ; but Kimchi denies the law is to be kept for the sake of reward; which is right: rather the sense is, I will keep it by way of retribution, or in gratitude for teaching the way. The Targum is,
"and I will keep unto perfection;'
which cannot be done by sinful man.
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