Psalm 42:9

New English Translation

⁹I will pray^[a] to God, my high ridge:^[b]
“Why do you ignore^[c] me?
Why must I walk around mourning^[d]
because my enemies oppress me?”

Psalm 42:9 tn The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.
Psalm 42:9 tn This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28; Pss 18:2; 31:3.
Psalm 42:9 tn Or “forget.”
Psalm 42:9 sn Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.

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