94:4 They spew out threats 1 and speak defiantly;
all the evildoers boast. 2
10:32 The lips of the righteous know 3 what is pleasing, 4
but the speech 5 of the wicked is perverse.
1 tn Heb “they gush forth [words].”
2 tn The Hitpael of אָמַר (’amar) occurs only here (and perhaps in Isa 61:6).
3 sn The verb “know” applied to “lips” is unusual. “Lips” is a metonymy for what the righteous say; and their words “know” (a personification) what is pleasing, i.e., they are acquainted with.
4 sn The righteous say what is pleasing, acceptable, or delightful; but the wicked say perverse and destructive things.
5 tn Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause for what is said.