22:18 They are dividing up my clothes among themselves;
they are rolling dice 1 for my garments.
125:3 Indeed, 2 the scepter of a wicked king 3 will not settle 4
upon the allotted land of the godly.
Otherwise the godly might
do what is wrong. 5
1 tn Heb “casting lots.” The precise way in which this would have been done is not certain.
2 tn Or “for.”
3 tn Heb “a scepter of wickedness.” The “scepter” symbolizes royal authority; when collocated with “wickedness” the phrase refers to an oppressive foreign conqueror.
4 tn Or “rest.”
5 tn Heb “so that the godly might not stretch out their hands in wrongdoing.” A wicked king who sets a sinful example can have an adverse moral and ethical effect on the people he rules.