Psalm 42:10-11

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 42:10 tc Heb “with a shattering in my bones my enemies taunt me.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and Symmachus’ Greek version read “like” instead of “with.”
2. Psalm 42:10 sn “Where is your God?” The enemies ask this same question in v. 3.
3. Psalm 42:11 tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”
4. Psalm 42:11 sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.
5. Psalm 42:11 tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”
6. Psalm 42:11 tc 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 (y^eshuʿot f^eney ʾelohay, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God”), that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention. This refrain is almost identical to the one in v. 5. See also Ps 43:5.