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?”

I say to God my Rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?"

I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

"O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"

Sometimes I ask God, my rock-solid God, "Why did you let me down? Why am I walking around in tears, harassed by enemies?"

I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

I say to God, my rock, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk about mournfully because the enemy oppresses me?"

I will say to God my Rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

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?”

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.