For this is the love for Elohim, that we guard His commands, and His commands are not heavy,
and he clung to יהוה. He did not turn away from following Him, but guarded His commands, which יהוה had commanded Mosheh.
Your word is tried, exceedingly; And Your servant has loved it.
That I might walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your orders;
but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands.
Her ways are pleasant ways, And all her paths are peace.
And I prayed to יהוה my Elohim, and made confession, and said, “O יהוה, great and awesome Ě
He has declared to you, O man, what is good. And what does יהוה require of you but to do right, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?
“For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but with their finger they do not wish to move them.
“If you love Me, you shall guard My commands.
“If you guard My commands, you shall stay in My love, even as I have guarded My Father’s commands and stay in His love.
“You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.
So that the Torah truly is set-apart, and the command set-apart, and righteous, and good.
For I delight in the Torah of Elohim according to the inward man,
“And you shall know that יהוה your Elohim, He is Elohim, the trustworthy Ě
“Because this is the covenant that I shall make with the house of Yisra’ĕ
And by this we know that we know Him, if we guard His commands.
And this is the love, that we walk according to His commands. This is the command, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it.