37:22 Surely 1 those favored by the Lord 2 will possess the land,
but those rejected 3 by him will be wiped out. 4
37:28 For the Lord promotes 5 justice,
and never abandons 6 his faithful followers.
They are permanently secure, 7
but the children 8 of evil men are wiped out. 9
37:29 The godly will possess the land
and will dwell in it permanently.
1 tn The particle כִּי is best understood as asseverative or emphatic here.
2 tn Heb “those blessed by him.” The pronoun “him” must refer to the Lord (see vv. 20, 23), so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “cursed.”
4 tn Or “cut off”; or “removed” (see v. 9).
5 tn Heb “loves.” The verb “loves” is here metonymic; the
6 tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.
7 tn Or “protected forever.”
8 tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”
9 tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.