37:25 I was once young, now I am old.
I have never seen a godly man abandoned,
or his children 1 forced to search for food. 2
37:28 For the Lord promotes 3 justice,
and never abandons 4 his faithful followers.
They are permanently secure, 5
but the children 6 of evil men are wiped out. 7
1 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
2 tn Heb “or his offspring searching for food.” The expression “search for food” also appears in Lam 1:11, where Jerusalem’s refugees are forced to search for food and to trade their valuable possessions for something to eat.
3 tn Heb “loves.” The verb “loves” is here metonymic; the
4 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.
5 tn Or “protected forever.”
6 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
7 tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.