And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ver. 11. And I gave them my statutes.] Which were far beyond the laws of the twelve tables in Rome, whereof yet Cicero affirmeth that they were far beyond all the libraries of philosophers.
And shewed them my judgments.] Statutes and judgments are usually put in Scripture for one and the same, though the lawyers make a difference of them. Prosper's conceit was, that this people were called Judaei. because they received ius Dei the law of God.
Which if a man do.] But that he can never do exactly; evangelically he may, and that sufficeth to life eternal.