39:3 my anxiety intensified. 1
As I thought about it, I became impatient. 2
Finally I spoke these words: 3
41:5 My enemies ask this cruel question about me, 4
‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’ 5
1 tn Heb “my heart was hot within me.”
2 tn Heb “In my reflection fire burned.” The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite (past tense) or an imperfect being used in a past progressive or customary sense (“fire was burning”).
3 tn Heb “I spoke with my tongue.” The phrase “these words” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “my enemies speak evil concerning me.”
5 tn Heb “and his name perish.”