81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires; 1
they did what seemed right to them. 2
105:25 He caused them 3 to hate his people,
and to mistreat 4 his servants.
107:12 So he used suffering to humble them; 5
they stumbled and no one helped them up.
119:70 Their hearts are calloused, 6
but I find delight in your law.
1 tn Heb “and I sent him away in the stubbornness of their heart.”
2 tn Heb “they walked in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite (“walked”) or a customary imperfect (“were walking”).
3 tn Heb “their heart.”
4 tn Or “to deal deceptively.” The Hitpael of נָכַל (nakhal) occurs only here and in Gen 37:18, where it is used of Joseph’s brothers “plotting” to kill him.
5 tn Heb “and he subdued with suffering their heart.”
7 tn Heb “their heart is insensitive like fat.”