Psalms 5:7

5:7 But as for me, ¹  because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; ² 

I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you. ³ 

Psalms 26:4

26:4 I do not associate ⁴  with deceitful men,

or consort ⁵  with those who are dishonest. ⁶ 

Psalms 42:2

42:2 I thirst ⁷  for God,

for the living God.

I say, ⁸  “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?” ⁹ 

[5:7]  ¹ sn But as for me. By placing the first person pronoun at the beginning of the verse, the psalmist highlights the contrast between the evildoers’ actions and destiny, outlined in the preceding verses, with his own.

[5:7]  ² sn I will enter your house. The psalmist is confident that God will accept him into his presence, in contrast to the evildoers (see v. 5).

[5:7]  ³ tn Heb “in fear [of] you.” The Hebrew noun יִרְאָה (yir’ah, “fear”), when used of fearing God, is sometimes used metonymically for what it ideally produces: “worship, reverence, piety.”

[26:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “sit.”

[26:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “go.” The psalmist uses the imperfect form of the verb to emphasize that he does not make a practice of associating with such people.

[26:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “[those who] conceal themselves.”

[42:2]  ⁷ tn Or “my soul thirsts.”

[42:2]  ⁸ tn The words “I say” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[42:2]  ⁹ 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).