Mazmur 18:42

18:42 I grind them as fine windblown dust; ¹ 

I beat them underfoot ²  like clay ³  in the streets.

Yesaya 58:4

58:4 Look, your fasting is accompanied by ⁴  arguments, brawls,

and fistfights. ⁵ 

Do not fast as you do today,

trying to make your voice heard in heaven.

Yeremia 11:11

11:11 So I, the Lord, say this: ⁶  ‘I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them.

Yohanes 9:31

9:31 We know that God doesn’t listen to ⁷  sinners, but if anyone is devout ⁸  and does his will, God ⁹  listens to ¹⁰  him. ¹¹ 

[18:42]  ¹ tn Heb “I pulverize them like dust upon the face of the wind.” The phrase “upon the face of” here means “before.” 2 Sam 22:43 reads, “like dust of the earth.”

[18:42]  ² tc Ps 18:42 reads, “I empty them out” (Hiphil of ריק), while 2 Sam 22:43 reads, “I crush them, I stomp on them” (juxtaposing the synonyms דקק and רקע). It is likely that the latter is a conflation of variants. One, but not both, of the verbs in 2 Sam 22:43 is probably original; “empty out” does not form as good a parallel with “grind, pulverize” in the parallel line.

[18:42]  ³ tn Or “mud.”

[58:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “you fast for” (so NASB); NRSV “you fast only to quarrel.”

[58:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and for striking with a sinful fist.”

[11:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “Therefore, thus, says the Lord.” The person has been shifted in the translation in accordance with the difference between Hebrew and English style.

[9:31]  ⁷ tn Grk “God does not hear.”

[9:31]  ⁸ tn Or “godly.”

[9:31]  ⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:31]  ¹⁰ tn Or “hears.”

[9:31]  ¹¹ tn Grk “this one.”