Text -- Psalms 42:2 (NET)

42:2 I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 42:2

¹ tn Or “my soul thirsts.”

² tn The words “I say” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

³ tn Heb “When will I go and appear [to] the face of God?” Some emend the Niphal verbal form אֵרָאֶה (’era’eh, “I will appear”) to a Qal אֶרְאֶה (’er’eh, “I will see”; see Gen 33:10), but the Niphal can be retained if one understands ellipsis of אֶת (’et) before “face” (see Exod 34:24; Deut 31:11).