21:10 You destroy their offspring 1 from the earth,
their descendants 2 from among the human race. 3
33:15 He is the one who forms every human heart, 4
and takes note of all their actions.
36:7 How precious 5 is your loyal love, O God!
The human race finds shelter under your wings. 6
146:3 Do not trust in princes,
or in human beings, who cannot deliver! 7
1 tn Heb “fruit.” The next line makes it clear that offspring is in view.
2 tn Heb “seed.”
3 tn Heb “sons of man.”
4 tn Heb “the one who forms together their heart[s].” “Heart” here refers to human nature, composed of intellect, emotions and will. The precise force of יָחַד (yakhad, “together”) is unclear here. The point seems to be that the
5 tn Or “valuable.”
6 tn Heb “and the sons of man in the shadow of your wings find shelter.” The preservation of physical life is in view, as the next verse makes clear.
7 tn Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”