Ayub 22:4

22:4 Is it because of your piety ¹  that he rebukes you

and goes to judgment with you? ² 

Ayub 34:23

34:23 For he does not still consider a person, ³ 

that he should come before God in judgment.

Mazmur 143:2

143:2 Do not sit in judgment on ⁴  your servant,

for no one alive is innocent before you. ⁵ 

[22:4]  ¹ tn The word “your fear” or “your piety” refers to Job’s reverence – it is his fear of God (thus a subjective genitive). When “fear” is used of religion, it includes faith and adoration on the positive side, fear and obedience on the negative.

[22:4]  ² sn Of course the point is that God does not charge Job because he is righteous; the point is he must be unrighteous.

[34:23]  ³ tn Heb “for he does not put upon man yet.” This has been given a wide variety of interpretations, all of which involve a lot of additional thoughts. The word עוֹד (’od, “yet, still”) has been replaced with מוֹעֵד (mo’ed, “an appointed time,” Reiske and Wright), with the ם (mem) having dropped out by haplography. This makes good sense. If the MT is retained, the best interpretation would be that God does not any more consider (from “place upon the heart”) man, that he might appear in judgment.

[143:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “do not enter into judgment with.”

[143:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “for no one living is innocent before you.”