90:8 You are aware of our sins; 1
you even know about our hidden sins. 2
12:14 For God will evaluate every deed, 3
including every secret thing, whether good or evil.
8:7 The Lord confirms this oath 4 by the arrogance of Jacob: 5
“I swear 6 I will never forget all you have done! 7
8:1 The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw 8 a basket of summer fruit. 9
1 tn Heb “you set our sins in front of you.”
2 tn Heb “what we have hidden to the light of your face.” God’s face is compared to a light or lamp that exposes the darkness around it.
3 tn Heb “will bring every deed into judgment.”
4 tn Or “swears.”
5 sn In an oath one appeals to something permanent to emphasize one’s commitment to the promise. Here the
6 tn The words “I swear” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation because a self-imprecation is assumed in oaths of this type.
7 tn Or “I will never forget all your deeds.”
8 tn Heb “behold” or “look.”
9 sn The basket of summer fruit (also in the following verse) probably refers to figs from the summer crop, which ripens in August-September. See O. Borowski, Agriculture in Iron Age Israel, 115.
10 tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).