¹ tn Heb “I said in my haste.”

² tn The imperfect verbal form indicates God’s typical response to such individuals. Another option is to translate the verb as future (“You will destroy”); the psalmist may be envisioning a time of judgment when God will remove the wicked from the scene.

³ tn Heb “those who speak a lie.” In the OT a “lie” does not refer in a general philosophical sense to any statement that fails to correspond to reality. Instead it refers more specifically to a slanderous and/or deceitful statement that promotes one’s own selfish, sinful interests and/or exploits or harms those who are innocent. Note the emphasis on violence and deceit in the following line.

⁴ tn The imperfect verbal form highlights the Lord’s characteristic attitude toward such individuals.

⁵ tn Heb “a man of bloodshed and deceit.” The singular אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) is used here in a collective or representative sense; thus the translation “people” is appropriate here. Note the plural forms in vv. 5-6a.

⁶ tn Heb “from the womb.”

⁷ tn Heb “speakers of a lie go astray from the womb.”

⁸ tn Heb “he will not live in the midst of my house, one who does deceit.”

⁹ tn Heb “one who speaks lies will not be established before my eyes.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew noun is an abstract plural. The word often refers metonymically to the happiness that God-given security and prosperity produce (see Pss 1:1, 3; 2:12; 34:9; 41:1; 65:4; 84:12; 89:15; 106:3; 112:1; 127:5; 128:1; 144:15).

¹¹ tn Heb “man.” See the note on the word “one” in Ps 1:1.

¹² tn Heb “who has made the Lord his [object of] trust.”

¹³ tn Heb “and does not turn toward.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “those falling away toward a lie.”