translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “take notice of.”


text: Heb “I will walk about in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.”


text: Heb “I will not set before my eyes a thing of worthlessness.”


text: 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 ).


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


text: Heb “a perverse heart will turn aside from me.” The adjective עִקֵּשׁ (’ iqqesh ) has the basic nuance “twisted; crooked” and by extension refers to someone or something that is morally perverse (see Ps 18:26 ). It appears frequently in the Book of Proverbs, where it is used of evil people ( 22:5 ), speech ( 8:8; 19:1 ), thoughts (11:20; 17:20), and life styles (2:15; 28:6).


text: Heb “know.” The king will not willingly allow perverse individuals to remain in his royal court.


text: Heb “[one who has] pride of eyes and wideness [i.e., arrogance] of heart, him I will not endure.”


text: Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”


text: The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”


text: Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”


text: Heb “he will not live in the midst of my house, one who does deceit.”


text: Heb “one who speaks lies will not be established before my eyes.”