22:24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering 1 of the oppressed; 2
he did not ignore him; 3
when he cried out to him, he responded. 4
36:4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed;
he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; 5
he does not reject what is evil. 6
41:6 When someone comes to visit, 7 he pretends to be friendly; 8
he thinks of ways to defame me, 9
and when he leaves he slanders me. 10
105:34 He ordered locusts to come, 11
innumerable grasshoppers.
1 tn Or “affliction”; or “need.”
2 sn In this verse the psalmist refers to himself in the third person and characterizes himself as oppressed.
3 tn Heb “he did not hide his face from him.” For other uses of the idiom “hide the face” meaning “ignore,” see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9. Sometimes the idiom carries the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 27:9; 88:14).
4 tn Heb “heard.”
5 tn Heb “he takes a stand in a way [that is] not good.” The word “way” here refers metaphorically to behavior or life style.
6 tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 highlight the characteristic behavior of the typical evildoer.
7 tn Heb “to see.”
8 tn Heb “he speaks deceitfully.”
9 tn Heb “his heart gathers sin to itself.”
10 tn Heb “he goes outside and speaks.”
11 tn Heb “he spoke and locusts came.”