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 Lord, they will possess the land.”

⁴ 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.

⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form draws attention to this generalizing statement.

⁶ tn Or “protected forever.”

⁷ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

⁸ tn Or “cut off”; or “removed.” The perfect verbal forms in v. 28b state general truths.