34:10 “Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. 1
Far be it from 2 God to do wickedness,
from the Almighty to do evil.
92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,
is just and never unfair. 3
1:13 You are too just 4 to tolerate 5 evil;
you are unable to condone 6 wrongdoing.
So why do you put up with such treacherous people? 7
Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour 8 those more righteous than they are? 9
3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates 10 the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? 11 (I am speaking in human terms.) 12
1 tn Heb “men of heart.” The “heart” is used for the capacity to understand and make the proper choice. It is often translated “mind.”
2 tn For this construction, see Job 27:5.
3 tn Heb “so that [they] proclaim that upright [is] the
4 tn Heb “[you] are too pure of eyes.” God’s “eyes” here signify what he looks at with approval. His “eyes” are “pure” in that he refuses to tolerate any wrongdoing in his presence.
5 tn Heb “to see.” Here “see” is figurative for “tolerate,” “put up with.”
6 tn Heb “to look at.” Cf. NEB “who canst not countenance wrongdoing”; NASB “You can not look on wickedness with favor.”
7 tn Heb “Why do you look at treacherous ones?” The verb בָּגַד (bagad, “be treacherous”) is often used of those who are disloyal or who violate agreements. See S. Erlandsson, TDOT 1:470-73.
8 tn Or “swallow up.”
9 tn Heb “more innocent than themselves.”
10 tn Or “shows clearly.”
11 tn Grk “That God is not unjust to inflict wrath, is he?”
12 sn The same expression occurs in Gal 3:15, and similar phrases in Rom 6:19 and 1 Cor 9:8.