# Do good, Yahweh

This is a request. AT: "Yahweh, please do good things" or "Yahweh, I beg you to do good things"

# are upright in their hearts

Here, "hearts" refers to their desires. AT: "desire to do the right" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# turn aside

Refusing to obey Yahweh is spoken of as turning away from a good path. AT: "leave good and go" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# their crooked ways

Here wicked ways are spoken of as if they were a path that is not straight. AT: "their wicked ways" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# lead them away

People are lead away in order to punish them. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. AT: "lead them away to punish them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/upright]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/turn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/evildoer]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/israel]]