Psalms 139:21

139:21 O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you,

and despise those who oppose you? ¹ 

Psalms 119:158

119:158 I take note of the treacherous and despise them,

because they do not keep your instructions. ² 

Psalms 95:10

95:10 For forty years I was continually disgusted ³  with that generation,

and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; ⁴ 

they do not obey my commands.’ ⁵ 

¹ tc Heb “who raise themselves up against you.” The form וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvitqomÿmekha) should be emended to וּבְמִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvÿmitqomÿmekha), a Hitpolel participle (the prefixed mem [מ] of the participle is accidentally omitted in the MT, though a few medieval Hebrew mss have it).

² tn Heb “your word.”

³ tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form.

⁴ tn Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”

⁵ tn Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the Lord’s “ways” are his commands, viewed as a pathway from which his people, likened to wayward sheep (see v. 7), wander.