10:7 although you know 1 that I am not guilty,
and that there is no one who can deliver 2
out of your hand?
24:15 And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight,
thinking, 3 ‘No eye can see me,’
and covers his face with a mask.
26:14 Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! 4
How faint is the whisper 5 we hear of him!
But who can understand the thunder of his power?”
1 tn Heb עַל־דַּעְתְּךָ (’al da’tÿkha, “upon your knowledge”). The use of the preposition means basically “in addition to your knowledge,” or “in spite of your knowledge,” i.e., “notwithstanding” or “although” (see GKC 383 §119.aa, n. 2).
2 tn Heb “and there is no deliverer.”
sn The fact is that humans are the work of God’s hands. They are helpless in the hand of God. But it is also unworthy of God to afflict his people.
3 tn Heb “saying.”
4 tn Heb “the ends of his ways,” meaning “the fringes.”
5 tn Heb “how little is the word.” Here “little” means a “fraction” or an “echo.”