Psa 42:9 | NETfull | STEP | I will pray to God, my high ridge: “Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

Psalms 42:9

9 I will pray ^{▼▼ The cohortative form indicates the psalmist’s resolve.} to God, my high ridge: ^{▼▼ 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.}
“Why do you ignore ^{▼▼ Or “forget.”} me?
Why must I walk around mourning ^{▼▼ Walk around mourning. See Ps 38:6 for a similar idea.}
because my enemies oppress me?”