Mazmur 58:3
Konteks58:3 The wicked turn aside from birth; 1
liars go astray as soon as they are born. 2
Yeremia 12:1
Konteks12:1 Lord, you have always been fair
whenever I have complained to you. 3
However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. 4
Why are wicked people successful? 5
Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Yehezkiel 22:29
Konteks22:29 The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice. 6
Habakuk 1:4
Konteks1:4 For this reason the law lacks power, 7
and justice is never carried out. 8
Indeed, 9 the wicked intimidate 10 the innocent. 11
For this reason justice is perverted. 12
[58:3] 1 tn Heb “from the womb.”
[58:3] 2 tn Heb “speakers of a lie go astray from the womb.”
[12:1] 3 tn Or “
[12:1] 4 tn Heb “judgments” or “matters of justice.” For the nuance of “complain to,” “fair,” “disposition of justice” assumed here, see BDB 936 s.v. רִיב Qal.4 (cf. Judg 21:22); BDB 843 s.v. צַדִּיק 1.d (cf. Ps 7:12; 11:7); BDB 1049 s.v. מִשְׁפָּט 1.f (cf. Isa 26:8; Ps 10:5; Ezek 7:27).
[12:1] 5 tn Heb “Why does the way [= course of life] of the wicked prosper?”
[22:29] 6 tn Heb “and the foreigner they have oppressed without justice.”
[1:4] 7 tn Heb “the law is numb,” i.e., like a hand that has “fallen asleep” (see Ps 77:2). Cf. NAB “is benumbed”; NIV “is paralyzed.”
[1:4] 8 tn Heb “never goes out.”
[1:4] 10 tn Heb “surround” (so NASB, NRSV).