Mazmur 42:9
Konteks42:9 I will pray 1 to God, my high ridge: 2
“Why do you ignore 3 me?
Why must I walk around mourning 4
because my enemies oppress me?”
Mazmur 138:7
Konteks138:7 Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, 5 you revive me.
You oppose my angry enemies, 6
and your right hand delivers me.
[42:9] 1 tn The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.
[42:9] 2 tn This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28; Pss 18:2; 31:3.
[42:9] 4 sn Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.
[138:7] 6 tn Heb “against the anger of my enemies you extend your hand.”