Mazmur 42:2

42:2 I thirst ¹  for God,

for the living God.

I say, ²  “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?” ³ 

Mazmur 49:18

49:18 He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive:

“May men praise you, for you have done well!”

Mazmur 63:4

63:4 For this reason ⁴  I will praise you while I live;

in your name I will lift up my hands. ⁵ 

Mazmur 80:18

80:18 Then we will not turn away from you.

Revive us and we will pray to you! ⁶ 

Mazmur 84:2

84:2 I desperately want to be ⁷ 

in the courts of the Lord’s temple. ⁸ 

My heart and my entire being ⁹  shout for joy

to the living God.

Mazmur 89:48

89:48 No man can live on without experiencing death,

or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. ¹⁰  (Selah)

[42:2]  ¹ tn Or “my soul thirsts.”

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

[42:2]  ³ 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).

[63:4]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “then.”

[63:4]  ⁵ sn I will lift up my hands. Lifting up one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19) or respect (Ps 119:48).

[80:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “and in your name we will call.”

[84:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “my soul longs, it even pines for.”

[84:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “the courts of the Lord” (see Ps 65:4).

[84:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “my flesh,” which stands for his whole person and being.

[89:48]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Who [is] the man [who] can live and not see death, [who] can deliver his life from the hand of Sheol?” The rhetorical question anticipates the answer, “No one!”