63:4 For this reason 1 I will praise you while I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands. 2
63:5 As if with choice meat 3 you satisfy my soul. 4
My mouth joyfully praises you, 5
[63:4] 1 tn Or perhaps “then.”
[63:4] 2 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).
[63:5] 3 tn Heb “like fat and fatness.”
[63:5] 4 tn Or “me.”
[63:5] 5 tn Heb “and [with] lips of joy my mouth praises.”
