59:1 Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak 1 to deliver you;
his ear is not too deaf to hear you. 2
33:15 The one who lives 3 uprightly 4
and speaks honestly;
the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures
and rejects a bribe; 5
the one who does not plot violent crimes 6
and does not seek to harm others 7 –
1 tn Heb “short” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “or his ear too heavy [i.e., “dull”] to hear.”
3 tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).
4 tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”
5 tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”
6 tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”
7 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”