Psalms 42:9

I will pray ¹  to God, my high ridge: ²  “Why do you ignore ³  me? Why must I walk around mourning ⁴  because my enemies oppress me?”

Job 30:26-31; Ps 13:1; Ps 18:2; Ps 22:1,2; Ps 28:1; Ps 38:6; Ps 43:2; Ps 44:23,24; Ps 55:3; Ps 62:2,6,7; Ps 77:9; Ps 78:35; Ps 88:9; Ec 4:1; Isa 40:27; Isa 49:15; La 5:1-16

¹ tn The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.

² tn This metaphor pictures God as a rocky, relatively inaccessible summit, where one would be able to find protection from enemies. See 1 Sam 23:25, 28; Pss 18:2; 31:3.

³ tn Or “forget.”

⁴ sn Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.