translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET study note

text: . Many medieval Hebrew mss combine and into one psalm. is the only psalm in Book 2 of the Psalter ( Psalms 42-72 ) that does not have a heading, suggesting that it was originally the third and concluding section of . Ps 43:5 is identical to the refrain in Ps 42:11 and almost identical to the refrain in Ps 42:5 .


text: Walk around mourning . See Ps 38:6 for a similar statement.


text: God’s deliverance is compared here to a light which will lead the psalmist back home to the Lord’s temple. Divine deliverance will in turn demonstrate the Lord’s faithfulness to his people.


text: In this context the Lord’s holy hill is Zion/Jerusalem. See Isa 66:20 ; Joel 2:1; 3:17 ; Zech 8:3 ; Pss 2:6; 15:1; 48:1; 87:1 ; Dan 9:16 .


text: For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul , or inner self.