25:1 If controversy arises between people, 6 they should go to court for judgment. When the judges 7 hear the case, they shall exonerate 8 the innocent but condemn 9 the guilty.
32:4 As for the Rock, 10 his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
He is a reliable God who is never unjust,
he is fair 11 and upright.
1 tn Or “pure”; or “fair”; Heb “righteous.”
2 tn The Hebrew phrase הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת (hattorah hazzo’t), in this context, refers specifically to the Book of Deuteronomy. That is, it is the collection of all the חֻקִּים (khuqqim, “statutes,” 4:1) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim, “ordinances,” 4:1) to be included in the covenant text. In a full canonical sense, of course, it pertains to the entire Pentateuch or Torah.
3 tn Heb “place before.”
4 tn Heb “twist, overturn”; NRSV “subverts the cause.”
5 tn Or “innocent”; NRSV “those who are in the right”; NLT “the godly.”
7 tn Heb “men.”
8 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the judges) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “declare to be just”; KJV, NASB “justify the righteous”; NAB, NIV “acquitting the innocent.”
10 tn Heb “declare to be evil”; NIV “condemning the guilty (+ party NAB).”
10 tc The LXX reads Θεός (qeos, “God”) for the MT’s “Rock.”
11 tn Or “just” (KJV, NAB, NRSV, NLT) or “righteous” (NASB).