⁴ tn Or “prosper.”

⁵ tn Heb “it acted and prospered.”

³ sn Light here symbolizes prosperity and blessing.

² tn Heb “prosper”; KJV “spring forth speedily.”

¹ tn Heb “and his way will be prosperous.”

⁴ tn Heb “you will make your way prosperous.”

¹ tn Aram “if there may be a lengthening to your prosperity.”

¹ tn Heb “you will not cause your ways to prosper.”

² tn Or “gracious,” but in the specific sense of prosperity.

¹ tn Heb “built up” (so NASB); NIV, NRSV “prosper”; NLT “get rich.”

² tn The nuance expressed in the LXX is that her enemies prosper (cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV, NLT).

² tn Or “I will make them prosperous once again,” or “I will bring them back from captivity.”

³ tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”

³ sn Zion’s residents will benefit from and enjoy her great material prosperity. See v. 12.

¹ tn The verse gives the other side of the coin now, the fact that the wicked prosper.

² tn Heb “blessing.” Balaam’s “blessings” were actually prophecies of how God would prosper Israel.

¹ sn Though judgment (see v. 8) had taken away the prosperity they did have (symbolized by the bricks and sycamore fig trees), they arrogantly expected the future to bring even greater prosperity (symbolized by the chiseled stone and cedars).

² tn Heb “The Lord has rejected those you trust in; you will not prosper by/from them.”

¹ sn Personal integrity ensures domestic stability and prosperity, while lack of such integrity (= wickedness) will lead to the opposite.

¹ tn In this context “light” symbolizes divine blessing in its various forms (see v. 2), including material prosperity and stability.