37:9 Wicked men 1 will be wiped out, 2
but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. 3
37:22 Surely 4 those favored by the Lord 5 will possess the land,
but those rejected 6 by him will be wiped out. 7
1 tn Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.
2 tn Or “cut off, removed.”
3 tn Heb “and those who wait on the
4 tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.
5 tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “cursed.”
7 tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).