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2 He walketh in his uprightness who feareth Jahve,
And perverse in his ways is he that despiseth Him.
That which syntactically lies nearest is also that which is intended; the ideas standing in the first place are the predicates. Wherein it shows itself, and whereby it is recognised, that a man fears God, or stands in a relation to Him of indifference instead of one of fear and reverence, shall be declared: the former walketh in his uprightness, i.e., so far as the consciousness of duty which animates him prescribes; the latter in his conduct follows no higher rule than his own lust, which drives him sometimes hither and sometimes thither. הוֹלֵךְ בְּיָשְׁרוֹ .rehtih (cf. יָשָׁר הוֹלֵךְ, Mic 2:7) is of kindred meaning with הולך בְּתֻמּוֹ, Pro 28:6 (הולך בַּתּוֹם, Pro 10:9), and הולך נְכֹחוֹ, Isa 57:2. The connection of נְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו follows the scheme of 2Ki 18:37, and not 2Sa 15:32, Ewald, §288c. If the second word, which particularizes the idea of the first, has the reflexive suff. as here, then the accusative connection, or, as Pro 2:15, the prepositional, is more usual than the genitive. Regarding לוּז, flectere, inclinare (a word common to the author of chap. 1-9), vid., at Pro 2:15. With בּוֹזֵהוּ, cf. 1Sa 2:30; the suffix without doubt refers to God, for בוזהו is the word that stands in parallel contrast to 'יְרֵא ה.