Mazmur 17:4

17:4 As for the actions of people ¹  –

just as you have commanded,

I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. ² 

Mazmur 101:3

101:3 I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. ³ 

I hate doing evil; ⁴ 

I will have no part of it. ⁵ 

Mazmur 138:8

138:8 The Lord avenges me. ⁶ 

O Lord, your loyal love endures.

Do not abandon those whom you have made! ⁷ 

[17:4]  ¹ tn Heb “with regard to the deeds of man[kind].”

[17:4]  ² tn Heb “by the word of your lips, I, I have watched the paths of the violent” (i.e., “watched” in the sense of “watched for the purpose of avoiding”).

[101:3]  ³ tn Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”

[101:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the doing of swerving [deeds] I hate.” The Hebrew term סֵטִים (setim) is probably an alternate spelling of שֵׂטִים (setim), which appears in many medieval Hebrew mss. The form appears to be derived from a verbal root שׂוּט (sut, “to fall away; to swerve”; see Ps 40:4).

[101:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “it [i.e., the doing of evil deeds] does not cling to me.”

[138:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “avenges on my behalf.” For the meaning “to avenge” for the verb גָּמַר (gamar), see HALOT 197-98 s.v. גמר.

[138:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “the works of your hands.” Many medieval Hebrew mss read the singular, “work of your hands.”