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Keep thee far, i.e. abstain from all occasions, degrees, or appearances of it. Compare Job_22:23 Pro_4:14,15.
A false matter, i.e. an unrighteous judgment; for he is speaking to the judges, as appears both by the foregoing and following verses.
Slay thou not; condemn not to death, nor to any other unjust penalty, for the same reason.
I will not justify the wicked, and therefore not condemn the innocent; one contrary being here understood from the other, as is frequent in the book of the Proverbs; and what I do not, thou who actest in my name and stead shouldst not do. Or rather thus, Know, O judge, (for to such he speaks,) if thou dost pronounce such a wicked sentence, I will not justify thee, or hold thee guiltless, i.e. I will severely punish thee, as Exo_20:7.