Psalms 82:7

82:7 Yet you will die like mortals; ¹ 

you will fall like all the other rulers.” ² 

Psalms 105:22

105:22 giving him authority to imprison his officials ³ 

and to teach his advisers. ⁴ 

Psalms 119:161

שׂ/שׁ (Sin/Shin)

119:161 Rulers pursue me for no reason,

yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions. ⁵ 

[82:7]  ¹ tn Heb “men.” The point in the context is mortality, however, not maleness.

[82:7]  ² tn Heb “like one of the rulers.” The comparison does not necessarily imply that they are not rulers. The expression “like one of” can sometimes mean “as one of” (Gen 49:16; Obad 11) or “as any other of” (Judg 16:7, 11).

[105:22]  ³ tn Heb “to bind his officials by his will.”

[105:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his elders he taught wisdom.”

[119:161]  ⁵ tn Heb “and because of your instructions my heart trembles.” The psalmist’s healthy “fear” of the consequences of violating God’s instructions motivates him to obey them. See v. 120.