42:4 He will not grow dim or be crushed 1
before establishing justice on the earth;
the coastlands 2 will wait in anticipation for his decrees.” 3
59:11 We all growl like bears,
we coo mournfully like doves;
we wait for deliverance, 4 but there is none,
for salvation, but it is far from us.
64:4 Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, 5
no eye has seen any God besides you,
who intervenes for those who wait for him.
1 tn For rhetorical effect the terms used to describe the “crushed (רָצַץ, ratsats) reed” and “dim (כָּהָה, kahah) wick” in v. 3 are repeated here.
2 tn Or “islands” (NIV); NLT “distant lands beyond the sea.”
3 tn Or “his law” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV) or “his instruction” (NLT).
4 tn See the note at v. 9.
5 tn Heb “from ancient times they have not heard, they have not listened.”