12:5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things,
let this be known 1 throughout the earth!
42:20 You see 2 many things, but don’t comprehend; 3
their ears are open, but do not hear.”
1 tc The translation follows the marginal reading (Qere), which is a Hophal participle from יָדַע (yada’), understood here in a gerundive sense.
2 tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has a perfect, 2nd person masculine singular; the marginal reading (Qere) has an infinitive absolute, which functions here as a finite verb.
3 tn Heb “but you do not guard [i.e., retain in your memory]”; NIV “but have paid no attention.”