Text -- Psalms 42:9 (NET)

42:9 I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 42:9

¹ tn The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.

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.

³ tn Or “forget.”

⁴ sn Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.