Ibrani 10:35-39

10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it ¹  has great reward. 10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. ²  10:37 For just a little longer ³  and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. ⁴  10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I ⁵  take no pleasure in him. ⁶  10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. ⁷ 

Mazmur 18:23

18:23 I was innocent before him,

and kept myself from sinning. ⁸ 

[10:35]  ¹ tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.

[10:36]  ² tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

[10:37]  ³ sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.

[10:37]  ⁴ sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.

[10:38]  ⁵ tn Grk “my soul.”

[10:38]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

[10:39]  ⁷ tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”

[18:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “from my sin,” that is, from making it my own in any way.

[18:23]  sn Kept myself from sinning. Leading a blameless life meant that the king would be loyal to God’s covenant, purge the government and society of evil and unjust officials, and reward loyalty to the Lord (see Ps 101).