Mazmur 73:16

73:16 When I tried to make sense of this,

it was troubling to me. ¹ 

Mazmur 103:16

103:16 but when the hot wind ²  blows by, it disappears,

and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew.

Mazmur 139:1

Psalm 139 ³ 

For the music director, a psalm of David.

139:1 O Lord, you examine me ⁴  and know.

[73:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and [when] I pondered to understand this, troubling it [was] in my eyes.”

[103:16]  ² tn Heb “[the] wind.” The word “hot” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[139:1]  ³ sn Psalm 139. The psalmist acknowledges that God, who created him, is aware of his every action and thought. He invites God to examine his motives, for he is confident they are pure.

[139:1]  ⁴ tn The statement is understood as generalizing – the psalmist describes what God typically does.