Mazmur 95:10

95:10 For forty years I was continually disgusted ¹  with that generation,

and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; ² 

they do not obey my commands.’ ³ 

Amsal 12:8

12:8 A person ⁴  is praised in accordance with ⁵  his wisdom,

but the one who has a twisted mind ⁶  is despised.

Yesaya 28:7

28:7 Even these men ⁷  stagger because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer –

priests and prophets stagger because of beer,

they are confused ⁸  because of wine,

they stumble around because of beer;

they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, ⁹ 

they totter while making legal decisions. ¹⁰ 

Ibrani 5:2

5:2 He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness,

[95:10]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form.

[95:10]  ² tn Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”

[95:10]  ³ tn Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the Lord’s “ways” are his commands, viewed as a pathway from which his people, likened to wayward sheep (see v. 7), wander.

[12:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man.”

[12:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the mouth of.” This idiom means “according to” (BDB 805 s.v. פֶּה 6.b.(b); cf. KJV, NAB, NIV). The point is that praise is proportionate to wisdom.

[12:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “crooked of heart”; cf. NAB, NLT “a warped mind” (NIV similar). The noun לֵב (lev, “heart”) is an attributive genitive. It functions as a metonymy of association for “mind; thoughts” (BDB 524 s.v. 3) and “will; volition” (BDB 524 s.v. 4). He does not perceive things as they are, so he makes all the wrong choices. His thinking is all wrong.

[28:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “these.” The demonstrative pronoun anticipates “priests and prophets” two lines later.

[28:7]  ⁸ tn According to HALOT 135 s.v. III בלע, the verb form is derived from בָּלַע (bala’, “confuse”), not the more common בָּלַע (“swallow”). See earlier notes at 3:12 and 9:16.

[28:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “in the seeing.”

[28:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “[in] giving a decision.”