Mazmur 42:11

42:11 Why are you depressed, ¹  O my soul? ² 

Why are you upset? ³ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ⁴ 

Lukas 22:63-65

22:63 Now ⁵  the men who were holding Jesus ⁶  under guard began to mock him and beat him. 22:64 They ⁷  blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, ⁸  “Prophesy! Who hit you?” ⁹  22:65 They also said many other things against him, reviling ¹⁰  him.

[42:11]  ¹ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[42:11]  ² sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[42:11]  ³ tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”

[42:11]  ⁴ 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 (yÿshu’ot fÿney ’elohay, “[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.

[22:63]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate the transition to a new topic.

[22:63]  ⁶ tn Grk “him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[22:64]  ⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[22:64]  ⁸ tn The verb ἐπηρώτων (ephrwtwn) has been translated as an iterative imperfect. The participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in English and has not been translated here.

[22:64]  ⁹ tn Grk “Who is the one who hit you?”

[22:64]  sn Who hit you? This is a variation of one of three ancient games that involved blindfolds.

[22:65]  ¹⁰ tn Or “insulting.” Luke uses a strong word here; it means “to revile, to defame, to blaspheme” (L&N 33.400).