Psalms 73:15

If I had said, I will speak thus;

Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children (R.V.).

If he had paraded his perplexities, and made open profession of the wicked man's creed (Job 21:15), he would have been faithless to the interests of God's family. In the O.T. Israel as a people is called Jehovah's son (Exodus 4:22) or Jehovah's sons (Deuteronomy 14:1), but the individual does not yet claim for himself the title of son except in an official and representative capacity (Psalms 2:7). The recognition of that closer personal relation is reserved for the N.T. (Galatians 3:26).