1 tn Heb “his way.”
2 sn The righteous will enjoy security and serenity throughout life. Righteousness makes the path straight; wickedness destroys the wicked.
3 sn The contrast is between being rescued or delivered (נָצַל, natsal) and being captured (לָכַד, lakhad). Righteousness is freeing; [evil] desires are enslaving.
4 tn Heb “taken captive” (so NRSV); NIV, TEV “are trapped.”
5 tn Heb “but by the desire of the faithless are they taken captive.”