1:4 For this reason the law lacks power, 1
and justice is never carried out. 2
Indeed, 3 the wicked intimidate 4 the innocent. 5
For this reason justice is perverted. 6
3:11 The sun and moon stand still in their courses; 7
the flash of your arrows drives them away, 8
the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. 9
1 tn Heb “the law is numb,” i.e., like a hand that has “fallen asleep” (see Ps 77:2). Cf. NAB “is benumbed”; NIV “is paralyzed.”
2 tn Heb “never goes out.”
3 tn Or “for.”
4 tn Heb “surround” (so NASB, NRSV).
5 tn Or “righteous” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).
6 tn Heb “comes out crooked.”
7 tn Heb “in their lofty dwelling places.”
8 tn Or “at the light of your arrows they vanish.”
9 tn Heb “at the brightness of the lightning of your spear.”