4:34 But at the end of the appointed time 1 I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up 2 toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me.
I extolled the Most High,
and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever.
For his authority is an everlasting authority,
and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next.
1 tn Aram “days.”
2 tn Aram “lifted up my eyes.”
3 tn Heb “and he will set his face.” Cf. vv. 18, 19.
4 tc The present translation reads מֵישָׁרִים (mesharim, “alliances”) for the MT וִישָׁרִים (viysharim, “uprightness”).
5 tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of the south) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “the daughter of the women.”