חַ֭שְׁתִּי וְלֹ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְתִּי לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃
Je me suis empressé, sans perdre un moment, d’observer tes commandements.
Tractate Derekh Eretz Zuta
Keep aloof from anything which may bring you to sin. Recoil from [even] a minor sin that it may not lead you to a major sin. Hasten to [perform] a light precept17Cf. Ps. 119, 60. One is more liable to be slack and procrastinating with an easy task and so forget it; to obviate this a man should hasten to perform it as soon as it presents itself. and flee18Not merely avoid, but put as long a distance as possible between yourself and transgression. from even] a trivial transgression lest it will lead you to commit a grave transgression.