Psalms 32:6
ContextNETBible | For this reason every one of your faithful followers 1 should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. 2 Certainly 3 when the surging water 4 rises, it will not reach them. 5 |
XREF | Ge 7:17-22; Ps 4:3; Ps 34:2-5; Ps 40:3; Ps 42:7; Ps 51:12,13; Ps 69:1,2,13-15; Ps 124:4,5; Pr 1:28; Isa 43:2; Isa 49:8; Isa 55:6; Mt 7:24-27; Lu 19:42-44; Joh 7:34; 2Co 1:4; 2Co 6:2; 2Co 7:9,10; 1Ti 1:16; Tit 2:12; Re 12:15,16 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn A “faithful follower” (חָסִיד, khasid) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 4:3; 12:1; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10). 2 tn Heb “at a time of finding.” This may mean, “while there is time to ‘find’ [the 3 tn The Hebrew term רַק (raq) occasionally has an asseverative force. 4 sn The surging water is here a metaphor for trouble that endangers one’s life. 5 tn Heb “him.” The translation uses the plural “them” to agree with the plural “every one of your faithful followers” in the first line of v. 6. |