Verse 3
And keep the charge of the Lord thy God ,.... Which may in general respect his whole walk and conversation, and his obedience to the law and will of God; and in particular his just government of Israel committed to his charge:
to walk in his ways ; directed to in his word:
to keep his statutes and his judgments ; his laws, ceremonial, moral, and judicial:
and his testimonies ; as the above laws, which testify of his mind, and declare what he would have done and observed:
as it is written in the law of Moses ; which a king of Israel was obliged to write a copy of, keep by him, and read it, and rule according to it, Deuteronomy 17:18 ,
that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself ; to reign in righteousness, and according to the law of God, is the only way to have a prosperous and happy reign: or "that thou mayest act wisely" F16 למען תשכיל "ut prudenter agas", Montanus, Tigurine version; "ut intelligas universa", V. L. ; the law of God furnishing out the best rules of government and maxims of policy; see Deuteronomy 4:6 .
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