Text -- Psalms 41:10-13 (NET)

41:10 As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!” 41:11 By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. 41:12 As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence. 41:13 The Lord God of Israel deserves praise in the future and forevermore! We agree! We agree!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 41:10

¹ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) here indicates purpose or result (“Then I will repay them”) after the preceding imperatives.

NET Notes: Psa 41:11

¹ sn By this. Having recalled his former lament and petition, the psalmist returns to the confident mood of vv. 1-3. The basis for his confidence may be a divine oracle of deliverance, assuring him that God would intervene and vindicate him. The demonstrative pronoun “this” may refer to such an oracle, which is assumed here, though its contents are not included. See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 (WBC), 319, 321.

² tn Or “will.” One may translate the imperfect verbal form as descriptive (present, cf. NIV) or as anticipatory (future, cf. NEB).

³ tn Heb “shout.”

NET Notes: Psa 41:12

¹ tn Or “have upheld.” The perfect verbal form can be taken as generalizing/descriptive (present) or as a present perfect.

² sn Because of my integrity. See Pss 7:8; 25:21; 26:1, 11.

³ tn The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive has the same aspectual function as the preceding perfect. It is either generalizing/descriptive (present) or has a present perfect nuance (“you have allowed”).

⁴ tn Heb “and you cause me to stand before you permanently.”

NET Notes: Psa 41:13

¹ tn Heb “[be] blessed.” See Pss 18:46; 28:6; 31:21.

² tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.” See 1 Chr 16:36; Neh 9:5; Pss 90:2; 106:48.

³ tn Heb “surely and surely” (אָמֵן וְאָמֵן [’amen vÿ’amen], i.e., “amen and amen”). This is probably a congregational response to the immediately preceding statement about the propriety of praising God.