2:35 you say, ‘I have not done anything wrong,
so the Lord cannot really be angry with me any more.’
But, watch out! 1 I will bring down judgment on you
because you say, ‘I have not committed any sin.’
12:1 Lord, you have always been fair
whenever I have complained to you. 2
However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. 3
Why are wicked people successful? 4
Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
30:14 All your allies have abandoned you. 5
They no longer have any concern for you.
For I have attacked you like an enemy would.
I have chastened you cruelly.
For your wickedness is so great
and your sin is so much. 6
1 tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle often translated “behold” (הִנֵּה, hinneh) in a meaningful way in this context. See further the translator’s note on the word “really” in 1:6.
2 tn Or “
3 tn Heb “judgments” or “matters of justice.” For the nuance of “complain to,” “fair,” “disposition of justice” assumed here, see BDB 936 s.v. רִיב Qal.4 (cf. Judg 21:22); BDB 843 s.v. צַדִּיק 1.d (cf. Ps 7:12; 11:7); BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 1.f (cf. Isa 26:8; Ps 10:5; Ezek 7:27).
4 tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”
3 tn Heb “forgotten you.”
4 tn Heb “attacked you like…with the chastening of a cruel one because of the greatness of your iniquity [and because] your sins are many.” The sentence has been broken down to conform to contemporary English style and better poetic scansion.