Discovery BoxPsalms 50:12 
Context50:12 Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and all it contains belong to me.
Psalms 66:13
Context66:13 I will enter 1 your temple with burnt sacrifices;
I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
Psalms 73:15
Context73:15 If I had publicized these thoughts, 2
I would have betrayed your loyal followers. 3
Psalms 116:14
Context116:14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
before all his people.
Psalms 116:18
Context116:18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
before all his people,
1 sn Here the psalmist switches to the singular; he speaks as the representative of the nation.
2 tn Heb “If I had said, ‘I will speak out like this.’”
3 tn Heb “look, the generation of your sons I would have betrayed.” The phrase “generation of your [i.e., God’s] sons” occurs only here in the OT. Some equate the phrase with “generation of the godly” (Ps 14:5), “generation of the ones seeking him” (Ps 24:6), and “generation of the upright” (Ps 112:2). In Deut 14:1 the Israelites are referred to as God’s “sons.” Perhaps the psalmist refers here to those who are “Israelites” in the true sense because of their loyalty to God (note the juxtaposition of “Israel” with “the pure in heart” in v. 1).
