Mazmur 34:14

34:14 Turn away from evil and do what is right! ¹ 

Strive for peace and promote it! ² 

Mazmur 36:4

36:4 He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed;

he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; ³ 

he does not reject what is evil. ⁴ 

Mazmur 37:27

37:27 Turn away from evil! Do what is right! ⁵ 

Then you will enjoy lasting security. ⁶ 

Mazmur 97:10

97:10 You who love the Lord, hate evil!

He protects ⁷  the lives of his faithful followers;

he delivers them from the power ⁸  of the wicked.

Mazmur 119:104

119:104 Your precepts give me discernment.

Therefore I hate all deceitful actions. ⁹ 

Mazmur 139:21-22

139:21 O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you,

and despise those who oppose you? ¹⁰ 

139:22 I absolutely hate them, ¹¹ 

they have become my enemies!

[34:14]  ¹ tn Or “do good.”

[34:14]  ² tn Heb “seek peace and pursue it.”

[36:4]  ³ tn Heb “he takes a stand in a way [that is] not good.” The word “way” here refers metaphorically to behavior or life style.

[36:4]  ⁴ tn The three imperfect verbal forms in v. 4 highlight the characteristic behavior of the typical evildoer.

[37:27]  ⁵ tn Or “Do good!” The imperatives are singular (see v. 1).

[37:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “and dwell permanently.” The imperative with vav (ו) is best taken here as a result clause after the preceding imperatives.

[97:10]  ⁷ tn The participle may be verbal, though it might also be understood as substantival and appositional to “the Lord.” In this case one could translate, “Hate evil, you who love the Lord, the one who protects the lives…and delivers them.”

[97:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “hand.”

[119:104]  ⁹ tn Heb “every false path.”

[139:21]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “who raise themselves up against you.” The form וּבִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvitqomÿmekha) should be emended to וּבְמִתְקוֹמְמֶיךָ (uvÿmitqomÿmekha), a Hitpolel participle (the prefixed mem [מ] of the participle is accidentally omitted in the MT, though a few medieval Hebrew mss have it).

[139:22]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[with] completeness of hatred I hate them.”