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Sforno on Deuteronomy 30:20/ספורנו על דברים ל׳:כ׳

אוּלְדָבְקָה בוֹ. שֶׁתִּהְיֶינָה כָּל פְּעוּלוֹתֶיךָ לִשְׁמוֹ.
1ולדבקה בו, meaning that all of your activities during life on earth should be focused on giving glory to His name.
בכִּי הוּא חַיֶּיךָ. כִּי הַדָּבוּק בּוֹ הוּא סִבַּת הַחַיִּים הַנִּצְחִיִּים.
2כי הוא חייך, for your cleaving to Him is your real life, the reason why you will enjoy eternal life;
גוְאֹרֶךְ יָמֶיךָ לָשֶׁבֶת עַל הָאֲדָמָה. וּמִזֶּה יִמָּשֵׁךְ גַּם כֵּן אֹרֶךְ יָמֶיךָ לָשֶׁבֶת עַל הָאֲדָמָה בְּחַיֵּי שָׁעָה, אֲשֶׁר בָּם תִּזְכֶּה לְחַיֵּי עַד בְּעִיּוּן וּבְמַעֲשֶׂה, כְּאָמְרָם זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה (אבות ד:טז) ״הַתְקֵן עַצְמְךָ בַּפְּרוֹזְדוֹר כְּדֵי שֶׁתִּכָּנֵס לַטְּרַקְלִין״.
3ואורך ימיך לשבת על האדמה, during the transient life on earth, during which through study, serious contemplation of your duties, and your performance of them you will qualify for the life awaiting you in the hereafter. Compare Avot 4,16 where we have been told that life on earth is merely to be viewed as a vestibule to the hereafter, a place in which one makes suitable preparations for eternal life in the Palace.