Mazmur 97:10

97:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!

He protects ¹  the lives of his faithful followers;

he delivers them from the power ²  of the wicked.

Mazmur 119:128

119:128 For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. ³ 

I hate all deceitful actions. ⁴ 

[97:10]  ¹ tn The participle may be verbal, though it might also be understood as substantival and appositional to “the Lord.” In this case one could translate, “Hate evil, you who love the Lord, the one who protects the lives…and delivers them.”

[97:10]  ² tn Heb “hand.”

[119:128]  ³ tn Heb “for this reason all the precepts of everything I regard as right.” The phrase “precepts of everything” is odd. It is preferable to take the kaf (כ) on כֹּל (kol, “everything) with the preceding form as a pronominal suffix, “your precepts,” and the lamed (ל) with the following verb as an emphatic particle. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 138.

[119:128]  ⁴ tn Heb “every false path.”