107:14 He brought them out of the utter darkness, 1
and tore off their shackles.
5:5 I will go to the leaders 2
and speak with them.
Surely they know what the Lord demands. 3
Surely they know what their God requires of them.” 4
Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority
and refuse to submit to him. 5
1 tn Heb “darkness and deep darkness.” See the note on the word “darkness” in v. 10.
2 tn Or “people in power”; Heb “the great ones.”
3 tn Heb “the way of the
4 tn Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”
5 tn Heb “have broken the yoke and torn off the yoke ropes.” Compare Jer 2:20 and the note there.