Psalms 101:3

101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest.

I hate doing evil;

I will have no part of it.

Isaiah 33:15

33:15 The one who lives uprightly

and speaks honestly;

the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures

and rejects a bribe;

the one who does not plot violent crimes

and does not seek to harm others


tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”

tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew mss. The form appears to be derived from a verbal root שׂוּט (sut, “to fall away; to swerve”; see Ps 40:4).

tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”

tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).

tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”

tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”

tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”

tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”