Psalm 43:5 New English Translation
5 Why are you depressed,[a] O my soul?[b]
Why are you upset?[c]
Wait for God!
For I will again give thanks
to my God for his saving intervention.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 43:5 tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”
- Psalm 43:5 sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.
- Psalm 43:5 tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”
- Psalm 43:5 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 (yeshuʿot fene ʾelohay, “[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.
New English Translation (NET)
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