51:12 “I, I am the one who consoles you. 1
Why are you afraid of mortal men,
of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? 2
56:2 The people who do this will be blessed, 3
the people who commit themselves to obedience, 4
who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it,
who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. 5
1 tc The plural suffix should probably be emended to the second masculine singular (which is used in v. 13). The final mem (ם) is probably dittographic; note the mem at the beginning of the next word.
2 tn Heb “Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, and of the son of man who [as] grass is given up?” The feminine singular forms should probably be emended to the masculine singular (see v. 13). They have probably been influenced by the construction אַתְּ־הִיא (’at-hi’) in vv. 9-10.
3 tn Heb “blessed is the man who does this.”
4 tn Heb “the son of mankind who takes hold of it.”
5 tn Heb and who keeps his hand from doing any evil.”