Psalms 94:22

94:22 But the Lord will protect me, ¹ 

and my God will shelter me. ² 

Psalms 5:2

5:2 Pay attention to my cry for help,

my king and my God,

for I am praying to you!

Psalms 42:11

42:11 Why are you depressed, ³  O my soul? ⁴ 

Why are you upset? ⁵ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ⁶ 

Psalms 43:5

43:5 Why are you depressed, ⁷  O my soul? ⁸ 

Why are you upset? ⁹ 

Wait for God!

For I will again give thanks

to my God for his saving intervention. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 84:3

84:3 Even the birds find a home there,

and the swallow ¹¹  builds a nest,

where she can protect her young ¹² 

near your altars, O Lord who rules over all,

my king and my God.

[94:22]  ¹ tn Heb “and the Lord has become my elevated place.” The prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) consecutive is used in a rhetorical sense, describing an anticipated development as if it were already reality.

[94:22]  ² tn Heb “and my God [has become] a rocky summit of my safety.”

[42:11]  ³ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[42:11]  ⁴ sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[42:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”

[42:11]  ⁶ tc Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of my face and my God.” The last line should be emended to read יְשׁוּעֹת פְנֵי אֱלֹהָי (yÿshu’ot fÿney ’elohay, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God”), that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention. This refrain is almost identical to the one in v. 5. See also Ps 43:5.

[43:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Why do you bow down?”

[43:5]  ⁶ sn For poetic effect the psalmist addresses his soul, or inner self.

[43:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and why are you in turmoil upon me?”

[43:5]  ⁸ tc Heb “for again I will give him thanks, the saving acts of my face and my God.” The last line should be emended to read יְשׁוּעֹת פְנֵי אֱלֹהָי (yÿshu’ot fÿney ’elohay, “[for] the saving acts of the face of my God,” that is, the saving acts associated with God’s presence/intervention. This refrain is identical to the one in Ps 42:11. See also 42:5, which differs only slightly.

[84:3]  ⁷ tn The word translated “swallow” occurs only here and in Prov 26:2.

[84:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “even a bird finds a home, and a swallow a nest for herself, [in] which she places her young.”