73:27 Yes, 1 look! Those far from you 2 die;
you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. 3
73:28 But as for me, God’s presence is all I need. 4
I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter,
as 5 I declare all the things you have done.
1 tn Or “for.”
2 sn The following line defines the phrase far from you in a spiritual sense. Those “far” from God are those who are unfaithful and disloyal to him.
3 tn Heb “everyone who commits adultery from you.”
4 tn Heb “but as for me, the nearness of God for me [is] good.”
5 tn The infinitive construct with -לְ (lÿ) is understood here as indicating an attendant circumstance. Another option is to take it as indicating purpose (“so that I might declare”) or result (“with the result that I declare”).