translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: PSA

label: NET translator note

text: Or “argue my case.”


text: The imperfect here expresses a request or wish. Note the imperatives in the first half of the verse. See also v. 3 .


text: Heb “God of my place of refuge,” that is, “God who is my place of refuge.” See Ps 31:4 .


text: The question is similar to that of Ps 42:9 , but זָנַח ( zanakh , “reject”) is a stronger verb than שָׁכַח ( shakhakh , “forget”).


text: The language is similar to that of Ps 42:9 , but the Hitpael form of the verb הָלַךְ ( halakh ; as opposed to the Qal form in 42:9 ) expresses more forcefully the continuing nature of the psalmist’s distress.


text: Heb “send.”


text: Or “may they lead me.” The prefixed verbal forms here and in the next line may be taken as jussives.


text: Heb “bring.”


text: Or “to your dwelling place[s].” The plural form of the noun may indicate degree or quality; this is the Lord ’s special dwelling place (see Pss 46:4; 84:1; 132:5, 7 ).


text: The cohortative expresses the psalmist’s resolve. Prefixed with the vav ( ו ) conjunctive it also expresses the result or outcome of the preceding verbs “lead” and “escort.”


text: Heb “to God, the joy of my happiness.” The phrase “joy of my happiness” employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the degree of the psalmist’s joy. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.


text: The cohortative with vav ( ו ) conjunctive probably indicates purpose (“so that”) or intention.


text: Heb “Why do you bow down?”


text: Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”


label: NET textual note

text: Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of my face and my God.” The last line should be emended to read יְשׁוּעֹת פְנֵי אֱלֹהָי ( yÿshu ’ ot fÿney ’ elohay , “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God,” that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention. This refrain is identical to the one in Ps 42:11 . See also 42:5 , which differs only slightly.