1 tn Heb “for evil men.” The conjunction כִּי (ki, “for”) relates to the exhortations in v. 8; there is no reason to be frustrated, for the evildoers will be punished in due time.
2 tn Or “cut off, removed.”
3 tn Heb “and those who wait on the
4 tn Heb “and yet, a little, there will be no wicked [one].”
5 tn Heb “and you will carefully look upon his place, but he will not be [there].” The singular is used here in a representative sense; the typical evildoer is in view.