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Psalms 17:4-5

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17:4 As for the actions of people 1 

just as you have commanded,

I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. 2 

17:5 I carefully obey your commands; 3 

I do not deviate from them. 4 

1 tn Heb “with regard to the deeds of man[kind].”

2 tn Heb “by the word of your lips, I, I have watched the paths of the violent” (i.e., “watched” in the sense of “watched for the purpose of avoiding”).

3 tn Heb “my steps stay firm in your tracks.” The infinitive absolute functions here as a finite verb (see GKC 347 §113.gg). God’s “tracks” are his commands, i.e., the moral pathways he has prescribed for the psalmist.

4 tn Heb “my footsteps do not stagger.”



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