Psalms 41:8

41:8 They say, ¹ 

‘An awful disease ²  overwhelms him, ³ 

and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’ ⁴ 

Psalms 101:3

101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. ⁵ 

I hate doing evil; ⁶ 

I will have no part of it. ⁷ 

[41:8]  ¹ tn The words “they say” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation to make it clear that v. 8 contains a quotation of what the psalmist’s enemies say about him (see v. 7a).

[41:8]  ² tn Heb “thing of worthlessness.” In Ps 101:3 the phrase refers to evil deeds in general, but here it appears to refer more specifically to the illness that plagues the psalmist.

[41:8]  ³ tn Heb “is poured out on him.” The passive participle of יָצַק (yatsaq) is used.

[41:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he who lies down will not again arise.”

[101:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”

[101:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew mss. The form appears to be derived from a verbal root שׂוּט (sut, “to fall away; to swerve”; see Ps 40:4).

[101:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”