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Psalm 42:9

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42:9I will pray25 to God, my high ridge:26

“Why do you ignore27 me?

Why must I walk around mourning28

because my enemies oppress me?”

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Footnotes

  1. 25 The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.
  2. 26 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. 27 Or “forget.”
  4. 28 Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I say to God, my rock:

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why do I go mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I say to God my Rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I go about mourning,

oppressed by the enemy?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will say to God, my rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I go about in sorrow

because of the enemy’s oppression?”

NLTNew Living Translation

“O God my rock,” I cry,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I wander around in grief,

oppressed by my enemies?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I say to God, my rock,

“Why have you forgotten me?

Why must I walk about mourning

because of the oppression of the enemy?”

KJV 1900King James Version

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?

Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?