¹ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

² tn Heb “or his offspring searching for food.” The expression “search for food” also appears in Lam 1:11, where Jerusalem’s refugees are forced to search for food and to trade their valuable possessions for something to eat.

³ tn Heb “loves.” The verb “loves” is here metonymic; the Lord’s commitment to principles of justice causes him to actively promote these principles as he governs the world. The active participle describes characteristic behavior.

⁴ tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.

⁵ tn Or “protected forever.”

⁶ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

⁷ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.