Mazmur 36:5

36:5 O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; ¹ 

your faithfulness to the clouds. ² 

Mikha 7:3

7:3 They are determined to be experts at doing evil; ³ 

government officials and judges take bribes, ⁴ 

prominent men make demands,

and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. ⁵ 

[36:5]  ¹ tn Heb “[is] in the heavens.”

[36:5]  ² sn The Lord’s loyal love/faithfulness is almost limitless. He is loyal and faithful to his creation and blesses mankind and the animal kingdom with physical life and sustenance (vv. 6-9).

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “upon evil [are their] hands to do [it] well.”

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the official asks – and the judge – for a bribe.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tn More literally, “the great one announces what his appetite desires and they weave it together.” Apparently this means that subordinates plot and maneuver to make sure the prominent man’s desires materialize.