Mazmur 13:1

Psalm 13 ¹ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

13:1 How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? ² 

How long will you pay no attention to me? ³ 

Mazmur 43:5

43:5 Why are you depressed, ⁴  O my soul? ⁵ 

Why are you upset? ⁶ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ⁷ 

[13:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 13. The psalmist, who is close to death, desperately pleads for God’s deliverance and affirms his trust in God’s faithfulness.

[13:1]  ² tn Heb “will you forget me continually.”

[13:1]  ³ tn Heb “will you hide your face from me.”

[43:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[43:5]  ⁵ sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[43:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”

[43:5]  ⁷ 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 identical to the one in Ps 42:11. See also 42:5, which differs only slightly.