21:14 So they say to God, ‘Turn away from us!
We do not want to 1 know your ways. 2
22:28 Whatever you decide 3 on a matter,
it will be established for you,
and light will shine on your ways.
24:23 God 4 may let them rest in a feeling of security, 5
but he is constantly watching 6 all their ways. 7
34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,
he observes all a person’s 8 steps.
36:23 Who has prescribed his ways for him?
Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?
1 tn The absence of the preposition before the complement adds greater vividness to the statement: “and knowing your ways – we do not desire.”
2 sn Contrast Ps 25:4, which affirms that walking in God’s ways means to obey God’s will – the Torah.
3 tn The word is גָּזַר (gazar, “to cut”), in the sense of deciding a matter.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn The expression לָבֶטַח (lavetakh, “in security”) precedes the verb that it qualifies – God “allows him to take root in security.” For the meaning of the verb, see Job 8:15.
6 tn Heb “his eyes are on.”
7 sn The meaning of the verse is that God may allow the wicked to rest in comfort and security, but all the time he is watching them closely with the idea of bringing judgment on them.
8 tn Heb “his”; the referent (a person) has been specified in the translation for clarity.