Psalm 73:15 {72:15}
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If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.

offend

1 Samuel 2:24 Do not so, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear, that you make the people of the Lord to transgress.

Malachi 2:8 But you have departed out of the way, and have caused many to stumble at the law: you have made void the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 18:6,7 But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. . . .

Romans 14:15,21 For if, because of thy meat, thy brother be grieved, thou walkest not now according to charity. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. . . .

1 Corinthians 8:11-13 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ hath died? . . .

generation

Psalm 22:30 And to him my soul shall live: and my seed shall serve him.

Psalm 24:6 This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
14And I have been scourged all the day; and my chastisement hath been in the mornings. 15If I said: I will speak thus; behold I should condemn the generation of thy children.16I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:…
Cross References
Psalm 14:5
They have not called upon the Lord: there have they trembled for fear, where there was no fear.

Psalm 73:16
I studied that I might know this thing, it is a labour in my sight:

Lexicon
If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I had said,
אָ֭מַרְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“I will speak
אֲסַפְּרָ֥ה (’ă·sap·pə·rāh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate

this way,”
כְמ֑וֹ (ḵə·mōw)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 3644: Like, as, when

then
הִנֵּ֤ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

I would have betrayed
בָגָֽדְתִּי׃ (ḇā·ḡā·ḏə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 898: To cover, to act covertly, to pillage

Your children.
בָּנֶ֣יךָ (bā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son


Additional Translations
If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children.

If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

If I said, I will speak thus; behold, I should have broken covenant with the generation of thy children.

If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children.

If I had said, I will speak thus; behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.

If I had said, "I will speak thus;" behold, I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

If I have said, 'I recount thus,' Lo, a generation of Thy sons I have deceived.
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