Mazmur 39:12
Konteks39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cry for help!
Do not ignore my sobbing! 1
For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land;
I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. 2
Mazmur 42:3
Konteks42:3 I cannot eat, I weep day and night; 3
all day long they say to me, 4 “Where is your God?”
[39:12] 1 tn Heb “do not be deaf to my tears.”
[39:12] 2 tn Heb “For a resident alien [am] I with you, a sojourner like all my fathers.”
[39:12] sn Resident aliens were dependent on the mercy and goodwill of others. The Lord was concerned that resident aliens be treated properly. See Deut 24:17-22, Ps 146:9.
[42:3] 3 tn Heb “My tears have become my food day and night.”
[42:3] 4 tn Heb “when [they] say to me all the day.” The suffixed third masculine plural pronoun may have been accidentally omitted from the infinitive בֶּאֱמֹר (be’ÿmor, “when [they] say”). Note the term בְּאָמְרָם (bÿ’omram, “when they say”) in v. 10.