52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; 2
it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 3
119:69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, 4
but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
1 tn Heb “for the tax of the king.”
2 tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”
3 tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.
4 tn Heb “smear over me a lie.”