Mazmur 42:9

42:9 I will pray ¹  to God, my high ridge: ² 

“Why do you ignore ³  me?

Why must I walk around mourning ⁴ 

because my enemies oppress me?”

Mazmur 81:8

81:8 I said, ⁵  ‘Listen, my people!

I will warn ⁶  you!

O Israel, if only you would obey me! ⁷ 

Mazmur 88:8

88:8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance;

you make me an appalling sight to them.

I am trapped and cannot get free. ⁸ 

Mazmur 102:10

102:10 because of your anger and raging fury.

Indeed, ⁹  you pick me up and throw me away.

[42:9]  ¹ tn The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.

[42:9]  ² 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.

[42:9]  ³ tn Or “forget.”

[42:9]  ⁴ sn Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.

[81:8]  ⁵ tn The words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarification. Verses 8-10 appear to recall what the Lord commanded the generation of Israelites that experienced the events described in v. 7. Note the statement in v. 11, “my people did not listen to me.”

[81:8]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “command.”

[81:8]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew particle אִם (“if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (GKC 321 §109.b). Note that the apodosis (the “then” clause of the conditional sentence) is suppressed.

[88:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “[I am] confined and I cannot go out.”

[102:10]  ⁹ tn Or “for.”