Psalm 28/Notes/Phrasal.v. 5.258993

• The preposition toward (אֶל) indicates goal of emotional process. "The landmark y may be the goal of an act of observation or that of an emotional process" (BHRG §39.3.(1).(c)). NLT translated אֶל as "for" - "They care nothing for what the LORD has done or for what his hands have made." The preposition אֶל could be understood as "an ethical dative of interest, advantage, or disadvantage (‘for, against’) . . . Jer. 15:2 אֵין נַפְשִׁי אֶל־הָעָם הַזֶּה I have no heart for this people." In Ps 28:5, the wicked people have no regard for the deeds of YHWH or for the work of his hands.