34:21 For his eyes are on the ways of an individual,
he observes all a person’s 1 steps.
34:23 For he does not still consider a person, 2
that he should come before God in judgment.
1 tn Heb “his”; the referent (a person) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “for he does not put upon man yet.” This has been given a wide variety of interpretations, all of which involve a lot of additional thoughts. The word עוֹד (’od, “yet, still”) has been replaced with מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “an appointed time,” Reiske and Wright), with the ם (mem) having dropped out by haplography. This makes good sense. If the MT is retained, the best interpretation would be that God does not any more consider (from “place upon the heart”) man, that he might appear in judgment.