7:8 My enemies, 2 do not gloat 3 over me!
Though I have fallen, I will get up.
Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. 4
1 tn Heb “lifted up his voice and wept.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.
2 tn The singular form is understood as collective.
3 tn Or “rejoice” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “don’t laugh at me.”
4 sn Darkness represents judgment; light (also in v. 9) symbolizes deliverance. The