32:4 As for the Rock, 1 his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
He is a reliable God who is never unjust,
he is fair 2 and upright.
32:5 His people have been unfaithful 3 to him;
they have not acted like his children 4 – this is their sin. 5
They are a perverse 6 and deceitful generation.
1 tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”
2 tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).
3 tc The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by Smr, a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”).
4 tn Heb “(they are) not his sons.”
5 tn Heb “defect” (so NASB). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.
6 tn Heb “twisted,” “crooked.” See Ps 18:26.