31:18 May lying lips be silenced –
lips 1 that speak defiantly against the innocent 2
with arrogance and contempt!
36:11 Do not let arrogant men overtake me,
or let evil men make me homeless! 3
59:12 They speak sinful words. 4
So let them be trapped by their own pride
and by the curses and lies they speak!
119:5 If only I were predisposed 5
to keep your statutes!
119:69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, 6
but I observe your precepts with all my heart.
119:85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, 7
which violates your law. 8
119:122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! 9
Do not let the arrogant oppress me!
140:5 Proud men hide a snare for me;
evil men 10 spread a net by the path;
they set traps for me. (Selah)
10:12 But when 14 the sovereign master 15 finishes judging 16 Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I 17 will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. 18 10:13 For he says:
“By my strong hand I have accomplished this,
by my strategy that I devised.
I invaded the territory of nations, 19
and looted their storehouses.
Like a mighty conqueror, 20 I brought down rulers. 21
14:13 You said to yourself, 22
“I will climb up to the sky.
Above the stars of El 23
I will set up my throne.
I will rule on the mountain of assembly
on the remote slopes of Zaphon. 24
14:16 Those who see you stare at you,
they look at you carefully, thinking: 25
“Is this the man who shook the earth,
the one who made kingdoms tremble?
1 tn Heb “the [ones which].”
2 tn Or “godly.”
3 tn Heb “let not a foot of pride come to me, and let not the hand of the evil ones cause me to wander as a fugitive.”
4 tn Heb “the sin of their mouth [is] the word of their lips.”
5 tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”
6 tn Heb “smear over me a lie.”
7 tn Heb “for me.”
8 tn Heb “which [is] not according to your law.”
9 tn Heb “be surety for your servant for good.”
10 tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”).
11 tn מִסְתּוֹלֵל (mistolel) is a Hitpael participle, from a root that means “raise up, obstruct.” So in the Hitpael it means to “raise oneself up,” “elevate oneself,” or “be an obstructionist.” See W. C. Kaiser, Jr., “Exodus,” EBC 2:363; U. Cassuto, Exodus, 116.
12 tn The infinitive construct with lamed here is epexegetical; it explains how Pharaoh has exalted himself – “by not releasing the people.”
13 tn The end of this sentence seems not to have been finished, or it is very elliptical. In the present translation the phrase “he has destroyed them” is supplied. Others take the last prepositional phrase to be the completion and supply only a verb: “[he was] above them.” U. Cassuto (Exodus, 216) takes the word “gods” to be the subject of the verb “act proudly,” giving the sense of “precisely (כִּי, ki) in respect of these things of which the gods of Egypt boasted – He is greater than they (עֲלֵיהֶם, ‘alehem).” He suggests rendering the clause, “excelling them in the very things to which they laid claim.”
14 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
15 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 23, 24, 33 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).
16 tn Heb “his work on/against.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV “on”; NIV “against.”
17 tn The Lord is speaking here, as in vv. 5-6a.
18 tn Heb “I will visit [judgment] on the fruit of the greatness of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of the height of his eyes.” The proud Assyrian king is likened to a large, beautiful fruit tree.
19 tn Heb “removed the borders of nations”; cf. NAB, NIV, NRSV “boundaries.”
20 tc The consonantal text (Kethib) has כְּאַבִּיר (kÿ’abir, “like a strong one”); the marginal reading (Qere) is כַּבִיר (kavir, “mighty one”).
21 tn Heb “and I brought down, like a strong one, ones sitting [or “living”].” The participle יוֹשְׁבִים (yoshÿvim, “ones sitting”) could refer to the inhabitants of the nations, but the translation assumes that it refers to those who sit on thrones, i.e., rulers. See BDB 442 s.v. יָשַׁב and HALOT 444 s.v. ישׁב.
22 tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”
23 sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.
24 sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.
25 tn The word “thinking” is supplied in the translation in order to make it clear that the next line records their thoughts as they gaze at him.
26 sn See the study note on 42:1 for the possible identification of this man with Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite.