Mazmur 119:82

119:82 My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. ¹ 

I say, ²  “When will you comfort me?”

Mazmur 94:8

94:8 Take notice of this, ³  you ignorant people! ⁴ 

You fools, when will you ever understand?

Mazmur 119:84

119:84 How long must your servant endure this? ⁵ 

When will you judge those who pursue me?

Mazmur 42:2

42:2 I thirst ⁶  for God,

for the living God.

I say, ⁷  “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?” ⁸ 

Mazmur 101:2

101:2 I will walk in ⁹  the way of integrity.

When will you come to me?

I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. ¹⁰ 

[119:82]  ¹ tn Heb “my eyes fail for your word.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision. See Ps 69:3.

[119:82]  ² tn Heb “saying.”

[94:8]  ³ tn Heb “understand.” The verb used in v. 7 is repeated here for rhetorical effect. The people referred to here claim God is ignorant of their actions, but the psalmist corrects their faulty viewpoint.

[94:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “[you] brutish among the people.”

[119:84]  ⁵ tn Heb “How long are the days of your servant?”

[42:2]  ⁶ tn Or “my soul thirsts.”

[42:2]  ⁷ tn The words “I say” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[42:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “When will I go and appear [to] the face of God?” Some emend the Niphal verbal form אֵרָאֶה (’era’eh, “I will appear”) to a Qal אֶרְאֶה (’er’eh, “I will see”; see Gen 33:10), but the Niphal can be retained if one understands ellipsis of אֶת (’et) before “face” (see Exod 34:24; Deut 31:11).

[101:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “take notice of.”

[101:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will walk about in the integrity of my heart in the midst of my house.”