Mazmur 16:3

16:3 As for God’s chosen people who are in the land,

and the leading officials I admired so much ¹  –

Mazmur 101:6

101:6 I will favor the honest people of the land, ² 

and allow them to live with me. ³ 

Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. ⁴ 

Mazmur 119:63

119:63 I am a friend to all your loyal followers, ⁵ 

and to those who keep your precepts.

[16:3]  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).

[101:6]  ² tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”

[101:6]  ³ tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”

[101:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”

[119:63]  ⁵ tn Heb “to all who fear you.”