Psalms 71:23

71:23 My lips will shout for joy! Yes, ¹  I will sing your praises!

I will praise you when you rescue me! ² 

[71:23]  ¹ tn Or “when.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) has an emphasizing (asseverative) function here.

[71:23]  ² tn Heb “and my life [or “soul”] which you will have redeemed.” The perfect verbal form functions here as a future perfect. The psalmist anticipates praising God, for God will have rescued him by that time.