Discovery BoxPsalms 19:12 
Context19:12 Who can know all his errors? 1
Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. 2
Psalms 32:2
Context32:2 How blessed is the one 3 whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, 4
in whose spirit there is no deceit. 5
Psalms 69:26
Context69:26 For they harass 6 the one whom you discipline; 7
they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. 8
Psalms 89:32
Context89:32 I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, 9
their sin by inflicting them with bruises. 10
Psalms 94:10
Context94:10 Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish?
He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings!
1 tn Heb “Errors who can discern?” This rhetorical question makes the point that perfect moral discernment is impossible to achieve. Consequently it is inevitable that even those with good intentions will sin on occasion.
2 tn Heb “declare me innocent from hidden [things],” i.e., sins. In this context (see the preceding line) “hidden” sins are not sins committed in secret, but sins which are not recognized as such by the psalmist.
3 tn Heb “man.” The word choice reflects the perspective of the psalmist, who is male. The principle of the psalm is certainly applicable to all people, regardless of their gender or age. To facilitate modern application, the gender and age specific “man” has been translated with the more neutral “one.”
4 tn Heb “blessed [is] the man to whom the
5 sn In whose spirit there is no deceit. The point is not that the individual is sinless and pure. In this context, which focuses on confession and forgiveness of sin, the psalmist refers to one who refuses to deny or hide his sin, but instead honestly confesses it to God.
6 tn Or “persecute”; Heb “chase.”
7 tn Heb “for you, the one whom you strike, they chase.”
8 tn Heb “they announce the pain of your wounded ones” (i.e., “the ones whom you wounded,” as the parallel line makes clear).
sn The psalmist is innocent of the false charges made by his enemies (v. 4), but he is also aware of his sinfulness (v. 5) and admits that he experiences divine discipline (v. 26) despite his devotion to God (v. 9). Here he laments that his enemies take advantage of such divine discipline by harassing and slandering him. They “kick him while he’s down,” as the expression goes.
9 tn Heb “I will punish with a club their rebellion.”
sn Despite the harsh image of beating…with a club, the language reflects a father-son relationship (see v. 30; 2 Sam 7:14). According to Proverbs, a שֵׁבֶט (shevet, “club”) was sometimes utilized to administer corporal punishment to rebellious children (see Prov 13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15).
10 tn Heb “with blows their sin.”
