Verse 3
3. Keep the charge of the Lord That is, take care of God; charge thyself with the responsibility of guarding his name and honour. See the Divine charge to kings, in Deuteronomy 17:16-20. The manner of doing this is immediately designated.
Walk in his ways To have the whole life in conformity to his revealed will.
Keep his statutes Observe them in thine own conduct, and see that they are properly respected by all thy people. Statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies are probably not to be sharply defined and distinguished from each other, but rather, as Keil observes, they serve to denote collectively the whole law of Moses in its various aspects and bearings on human life and conduct. Statutes denote more particularly those divine decrees which show the relations of right and wrong in the abstract. Commandments are the revealed laws which, like the decalogue, are designed to regulate the daily life. Judgments point rather to the rewards of human conduct as meted out by God himself, and revealed in the history of the Divine administration, all serving to impress men with the infallibility and justice of the decisions of Jehovah. Testimonies comprehend statutes, laws, judgments, ceremonies, every thing in the history of Israel that conveys declarations against sin and in favour of holiness.
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