Discovery BoxPsalms 16:3 
Context16:3 As for God’s chosen people who are in the land,
and the leading officials I admired so much 1 –
Psalms 32:10
Context32:10 An evil person suffers much pain, 2
but the Lord’s faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. 3
Psalms 38:4
Context38:4 For my sins overwhelm me; 4
like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
1 tn Heb “regarding the holy ones who [are] in the land, they; and the mighty [ones] in [whom is/was] all my desire.” The difficult syntax makes the meaning of the verse uncertain. The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s angelic assembly (see Ps 89:5, 7), but the qualifying clause “who are in the land” suggests that here it refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3).
2 tn Heb “many [are the] pains of evil [one].” The singular form is representative here; the typical evildoer, representative of the larger group of wicked people, is in view.
3 tn Heb “but the one who trusts in the
4 tn Heb “pass over my head.”
