Study it in the app“The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their tracks; their paths they have made crooked for themselves; everyone who walks on them does not know peace.”
The wayדֶּרֶךְof peaceשָׁלוֹםthey do notלֹאknow,יָדָעוּand there is noוְאֵיןjusticeמִשְׁפָּטin their tracks;בְּמַעְגְּלוֹתָםtheir pathsנְתִיבוֹתֵיהֶםthey have made crookedעִקְּשׁוּfor themselves;לָהֶםeveryoneכֹּלwho walksדֹּרֵךְon themבָּהּdoes notלֹאknowיָדַעpeace.שָׁלוֹם
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “derech” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadau” appearsjustice
What is right and fair.
Where else “mishpat” appearspath
The path one follows, or one's way of life.
Where else “maglota” appearspath
Path: a narrow way marked out by people's steps.
Where else “netivote” appearspervert
To twist; figuratively, to pervert, or to declare someone crooked.
Where else “ikshu” appearstread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “dorech” appears7Their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness; devastation and shattering are on their highways.
8 · This verse (above)
9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us; we wait for light, and look, darkness; for brightness, but in gloom we walk.
