101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. 1
I hate doing evil; 2
I will have no part of it. 3
33:15 The one who lives 4 uprightly 5
and speaks honestly;
the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures
and rejects a bribe; 6
the one who does not plot violent crimes 7
and does not seek to harm others 8 –
1 tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”
2 tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”
4 tn Heb “walks” (so NASB, NIV).
5 tn Or, possibly, “justly”; NAB “who practices virtue.”
6 tn Heb “[who] shakes off his hands from grabbing hold of a bribe.”
7 tn Heb “[who] shuts his ear from listening to bloodshed.”
8 tn Heb “[who] closes his eyes from seeing evil.”