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
63:6 whenever 6 I remember you on my bed,
and think about you during the nighttime hours.
63:7 For you are my deliverer; 7
under your wings 8 I rejoice.
63:8 My soul 9 pursues you; 10
your right hand upholds me.
1 tn Or perhaps “then.”
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).
3 tn Heb “like fat and fatness.”
4 tn Or “me.”
5 tn Heb “and [with] lips of joy my mouth praises.”
5 tn The Hebrew term אִם (’im) is used here in the sense of “when; whenever,” as in Ps 78:34.
7 tn Or “[source of] help.”
8 tn Heb “in the shadow of your wings.”
9 tn Or “I.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
10 tn Heb “clings after.” The expression means “to pursue with determination” (see Judg 20:45; 1 Sam 14:22; 1 Chr 10:2; Jer 42:16).