Nehemiah 5:4

5:4 Then there were those who said, “We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king ¹  on our fields and our vineyards.

Psalms 52:2

52:2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; ² 

it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. ³ 

Psalms 119:69

119:69 Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, ⁴ 

but I observe your precepts with all my heart.

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “for the tax of the king.”

[52:2]  ² tn Heb “destruction your tongue devises.”

[52:2]  ³ tn Heb “like a sharpened razor, doer of deceit.” The masculine participle עָשָׂה (’asah) is understood as a substantival vocative, addressed to the powerful man.

[119:69]  ⁴ tn Heb “smear over me a lie.”