Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 7:9 
Context7:9 So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, 1 the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully 2 with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
Deuteronomy 10:17
Context10:17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
1 tn Heb “the God.” The article here expresses uniqueness; cf. TEV “is the only God”; NLT “is indeed God.”
2 tn Heb “who keeps covenant and loyalty.” The syndetic construction of בְּרִית (bÿrit) and חֶסֶד (khesed) should be understood not as “covenant” plus “loyalty” but as an adverbial construction in which חֶסֶד (“loyalty”) modifies the verb שָׁמַר (shamar, “keeps”).
