a.val describes acting wrongly in a setting of uprightness and characterizes an unjust person from whom deliverance is sought.

The two occurrences depict wrongful conduct: Isaiah 26:10 places it in a land of uprightness, while Psalm 71:4 uses the participle to characterize an unjust person from whose hand the speaker seeks deliverance.

1. Wrongdoing and the unjust person · dominant

   In Isaiah 26:10, the Piel imperfect describes the wicked person's conduct in “the land of uprightness”; the APB renders the clause “he acts unjustly.” In Psalm 71:4, the Piel active participle characterizes a person named alongside the wicked and oppressor; the APB renders the plea as deliverance “from the palm of the unjust and the oppressor.”

   Isaiah 26:10Psalm 71:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the finite verb in Isaiah 26:10 as “he acts unjustly” and the participial use in Psalm 71:4 as “the unjust.” These renderings show the verses' presentation rather than a precise translation mapping.