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Psalm 38-44
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 38-44
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 38
Prayer of a Suffering Sinner
A Davidic psalm for remembrance.(A)
1 Lord, do not punish me in Your anger
or discipline me in Your wrath.(B)
2 For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.(C)
3 There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength[a] in my bones
because of my sin.(D)
4 For my sins have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.(E)
5 My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.(F)
6 I am bent over and brought low;
all day long I go around in mourning.(G)
7 For my loins are full of burning pain,
and there is no health in my body.(H)
8 I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.(I)
9 Lord, my every desire is known to[b] You;
my sighing is not hidden from You.(J)
10 My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.[c](K)
11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.(L)
12 Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.(M)
13 I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.(N)
14 I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.(O)
15 I put my hope in You, Lord;
You will answer, Lord my God.(P)
16 For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”(Q)
17 For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.(R)
18 So I confess my guilt;
I am anxious because of my sin.(S)
19 But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;[d]
many hate me for no reason.(T)
20 Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.(U)
Psalm 39
The Fleeting Nature of Life
For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.
1 I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”(X)
2 I was speechless and quiet;
I kept silent, even from speaking good,
and my pain intensified.(Y)
3 My heart grew hot within me;
as I mused, a fire burned.(Z)
I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, reveal to me the end of my life
and the number of my days.
Let me know how short-lived I am.(AA)
5 You, indeed, have made my days short in length,
and my life span as nothing in Your sight.
Yes, every mortal man is only a vapor.(AB)
6 “Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.(AC)
7 Now, Lord, what do I wait for?
My hope is in You.(AD)
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the taunt of fools.(AE)
9 I am speechless; I do not open my mouth
because of what You have done.(AF)
10 Remove Your torment from me;
I fade away because of the force of Your hand.(AG)
11 You discipline a man with punishment for sin,
consuming like a moth what is precious to him;(AH)
every man is only a vapor.(AI)
12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
and listen to my cry for help;
do not be silent at my tears.(AJ)
For I am a foreigner residing with You,
a temporary resident like all my fathers.(AK)
13 Turn Your angry gaze from me
so that I may be cheered up
before I die and am gone.”(AL)
Psalm 40
Thanksgiving and a Cry for Help
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1 I waited patiently for the Lord,
and He turned to me and heard my cry for help.(AM)
2 He brought me up from a desolate[e] pit,
out of the muddy clay,(AN)
and set my feet on a rock,
making my steps secure.(AO)
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.(AP)
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.(AQ)
4 How happy is the man
who has put his trust in the Lord
and has not turned to the proud
or to those who run after lies!(AR)
5 Lord my God, You have done many things—
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;
none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.(AS)
6 You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
You open my ears to listen.[f]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.(AT)
7 Then I said, “See, I have come;
it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.(AU)
8 I delight to do Your will, my God;(AV)
Your instruction lives within me.”[g](AW)
9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly;
see, I do not keep my mouth closed[h]—
as You know, Lord.(AX)
10 I did not hide Your righteousness in my heart;
I spoke about Your faithfulness and salvation;
I did not conceal Your constant love and truth
from the great assembly.(AY)
11 Lord, do not withhold Your compassion from me;
Your constant love and truth will always guard me.(AZ)
12 For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.(BA)
13 Lord, be pleased to deliver me;
hurry to help me, Lord.(BB)
14 Let those who seek to take my life
be disgraced and confounded.
Let those who wish me harm
be driven back and humiliated.(BC)
15 Let those who say to me, “Aha, aha!”
be horrified because of their shame.(BD)
16 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
let those who love Your salvation continually say,
“The Lord is great!”(BE)
17 I am afflicted and needy;
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.(BF)
Psalm 41
Victory in Spite of Betrayal
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
1 Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.(BG)
2 The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.(BH)
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.(BI)
3 The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed;
You will heal him on the bed where he lies.(BJ)
4 I said, “Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against You.”(BK)
5 My enemies speak maliciously about me:
“When will he die and be forgotten?”(BL)
6 When one of them comes to visit, he speaks deceitfully;
he stores up evil in his heart;
he goes out and talks.(BM)
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they plan to harm me.(BN)
8 “Lethal poison has been poured into him,
and he won’t rise again from where he lies!”(BO)
9 Even my friend[i] in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.(BP)
10 But You, Lord, be gracious to me and raise me up;
then I will repay them.(BQ)
11 By this I know that You delight in me:(BR)
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.(BS)
12 You supported me because of my integrity(BT)
and set me in Your presence forever.(BU)
13 May Yahweh, the God of Israel, be praised
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and amen.(BV)
BOOK II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1 As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.(BW)
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?(BX)
3 My tears have been my food day and night,
while all day long people say to me,
“Where is your God?”(BY)
4 I remember this as I pour out my heart:(BZ)
how I walked with many,
leading the festive procession to the house of God,
with joyful and thankful shouts.(CA)
5 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.(CB)
6 I[j] am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.(CC)
7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls;
all Your breakers and Your billows have swept over me.(CD)
8 The Lord will send His faithful love by day;(CE)
His song will be with me in the night—
a prayer to the God of my life.
9 I will say to God, my rock,(CF)
“Why have You forgotten me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?”(CG)
10 My adversaries taunt me,
as if crushing my bones,
while all day long they say to me,
“Where is your God?”(CH)
11 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.(CI)
Psalm 43[k]
1 Vindicate me, God, and defend my cause
against an ungodly nation;
rescue me from the deceitful and unjust man.(CJ)
2 For You are the God of my refuge.
Why have You rejected me?
Why must I go about in sorrow
because of the enemy’s oppression?(CK)
3 Send Your light and Your truth; let them lead me.(CL)
Let them bring me to Your holy mountain,
to Your dwelling place.(CM)
4 Then I will come to the altar of God,
to God, my greatest joy.(CN)
I will praise You with the lyre,
God, my God.(CO)
5 Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.(CP)
Psalm 44
Israel’s Complaint
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
1 God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:(CQ)
2 to plant them,
You drove out the nations with Your hand;
to settle them,
You crushed the peoples.(CR)
3 For they did not take the land by their sword—
their arm did not bring them victory—
but by Your right hand, Your arm,
and the light of Your face,
for You were pleased with them.(CS)
4 You are my King, my God,
who ordains[l] victories for Jacob.(CT)
5 Through You we drive back our foes;
through Your name we trample our enemies.(CU)
6 For I do not trust in my bow,
and my sword does not bring me victory.(CV)
7 But You give us victory over our foes
and let those who hate us be disgraced.(CW)
8 We boast in God all day long;
we will praise Your name forever.(CX)
9 But You have rejected and humiliated us;
You do not march out with our armies.(CY)
10 You make us retreat from the foe,
and those who hate us
have taken plunder for themselves.(CZ)
11 You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
and scatter us among the nations.(DA)
12 You sell Your people for nothing;
You make no profit from selling them.(DB)
13 You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.(DC)
14 You make us a joke among the nations,
a laughingstock[m] among the peoples.(DD)
15 My disgrace is before me all day long,
and shame has covered my face,(DE)
16 because of the voice of the scorner and reviler,
because of the enemy and avenger.(DF)
17 All this has happened to us,
but we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.(DG)
18 Our hearts have not turned back;
our steps have not strayed from Your path.(DH)
19 But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
and have covered us with deepest darkness.(DI)
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
and spread out our hands to a foreign god,(DJ)
21 wouldn’t God have found this out,
since He knows the secrets of the heart?(DK)
22 Because of You we are slain all day long;
we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.(DL)
23 Wake up, Lord! Why are You sleeping?
Get up! Don’t reject us forever!(DM)
24 Why do You hide Yourself
and forget our affliction and oppression?(DN)
25 For we have sunk down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.(DO)
26 Rise up! Help us!
Redeem us because of Your faithful love.(DP)
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:3 Hb shalom
- Psalm 38:9 Lit is in front of
- Psalm 38:10 Or and the light of my eyes—even that is not with me
- Psalm 38:19 Or numerous
- Psalm 40:2 Or watery
- Psalm 40:6 Lit You hollow out ears for me
- Psalm 40:8 Lit instruction within my inner being
- Psalm 40:9 Lit not restrain my lips
- Psalm 41:9 Lit Even a man of my peace
- Psalm 42:6 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read Him, the salvation of His presence. 6 My God, I
- Psalm 43:1 Many Hb mss connect Pss 42–43
- Psalm 44:4 LXX, Syr, Aq; MT reads King, God; ordain
- Psalm 44:14 Lit shaking of the head
Psalm 38-44
New International Version
Psalm 38-44
New International Version
Psalm 38[a]
A psalm of David. A petition.
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
2 Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
and your hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)
5 My wounds(G) fester and are loathsome(H)
because of my sinful folly.(I)
6 I am bowed down(J) and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.(K)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;(L)
there is no health(M) in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed;(N)
I groan(O) in anguish of heart.(P)
9 All my longings(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing(R) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(S) my strength fails(T) me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(V)
my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(W)
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(X)
all day long they scheme and lie.(Y)
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(Z)
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(AA) for you;
you will answer,(AB) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(AC)
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(AD)
17 For I am about to fall,(AE)
and my pain(AF) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(AG)
I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(AH) without cause[b];
those who hate me(AI) without reason(AJ) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(AK)
lodge accusations(AL) against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
21 Lord, do not forsake me;(AM)
do not be far(AN) from me, my God.
22 Come quickly(AO) to help me,(AP)
my Lord and my Savior.(AQ)
Psalm 39[c]
For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.
1 I said, “I will watch my ways(AR)
and keep my tongue from sin;(AS)
I will put a muzzle on my mouth(AT)
while in the presence of the wicked.”
2 So I remained utterly silent,(AU)
not even saying anything good.
But my anguish(AV) increased;
3 my heart grew hot(AW) within me.
While I meditated,(AX) the fire(AY) burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
and the number of my days;(AZ)
let me know how fleeting(BA) my life is.(BB)
5 You have made my days(BC) a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,(BD)
even those who seem secure.[d]
6 “Surely everyone goes around(BE) like a mere phantom;(BF)
in vain they rush about,(BG) heaping up wealth(BH)
without knowing whose it will finally be.(BI)
7 “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.(BJ)
8 Save me(BK) from all my transgressions;(BL)
do not make me the scorn(BM) of fools.
9 I was silent;(BN) I would not open my mouth,(BO)
for you are the one who has done this.(BP)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow(BQ) of your hand.(BR)
11 When you rebuke(BS) and discipline(BT) anyone for their sin,
you consume(BU) their wealth like a moth(BV)—
surely everyone is but a breath.(BW)
12 “Hear my prayer, Lord,
listen to my cry for help;(BX)
do not be deaf(BY) to my weeping.(BZ)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,(CA)
a stranger,(CB) as all my ancestors were.(CC)
13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
before I depart and am no more.”(CD)
Psalm 40[e](CE)
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 I waited patiently(CF) for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.(CG)
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,(CH)
out of the mud(CI) and mire;(CJ)
he set my feet(CK) on a rock(CL)
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song(CM) in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord(CN)
and put their trust(CO) in him.
4 Blessed is the one(CP)
who trusts in the Lord,(CQ)
who does not look to the proud,(CR)
to those who turn aside to false gods.[f](CS)
5 Many, Lord my God,
are the wonders(CT) you have done,
the things you planned for us.
None can compare(CU) with you;
were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
they would be too many(CV) to declare.
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(CW)
but my ears you have opened[g]—(CX)
burnt offerings(CY) and sin offerings[h] you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.[i](CZ)
8 I desire to do your will,(DA) my God;(DB)
your law is within my heart.”(DC)
9 I proclaim your saving acts(DD) in the great assembly;(DE)
I do not seal my lips, Lord,
as you know.(DF)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
I speak of your faithfulness(DG) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
from the great assembly.(DH)
11 Do not withhold your mercy(DI) from me, Lord;
may your love(DJ) and faithfulness(DK) always protect(DL) me.
12 For troubles(DM) without number surround me;
my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.(DN)
They are more than the hairs of my head,(DO)
and my heart fails(DP) within me.
13 Be pleased to save me, Lord;
come quickly, Lord, to help me.(DQ)
14 May all who want to take my life(DR)
be put to shame and confusion;(DS)
may all who desire my ruin(DT)
be turned back in disgrace.
15 May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”(DU)
be appalled at their own shame.
16 But may all who seek you(DV)
rejoice and be glad(DW) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
“The Lord is great!”(DX)
17 But as for me, I am poor and needy;(DY)
may the Lord think(DZ) of me.
You are my help(EA) and my deliverer;(EB)
you are my God, do not delay.(EC)
Psalm 41[j]
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 Blessed(ED) are those who have regard for the weak;(EE)
the Lord delivers them in times of trouble.(EF)
2 The Lord protects(EG) and preserves them—(EH)
they are counted among the blessed in the land—(EI)
he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.(EJ)
3 The Lord sustains them on their sickbed(EK)
and restores them from their bed of illness.(EL)
4 I said, “Have mercy(EM) on me, Lord;
heal(EN) me, for I have sinned(EO) against you.”
5 My enemies say of me in malice,
“When will he die and his name perish?(EP)”
6 When one of them comes to see me,
he speaks falsely,(EQ) while his heart gathers slander;(ER)
then he goes out and spreads(ES) it around.
7 All my enemies whisper together(ET) against me;
they imagine the worst for me, saying,
8 “A vile disease has afflicted him;
he will never get up(EU) from the place where he lies.”
9 Even my close friend,(EV)
someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
has turned[k] against me.(EW)
10 But may you have mercy(EX) on me, Lord;
raise me up,(EY) that I may repay(EZ) them.
11 I know that you are pleased with me,(FA)
for my enemy does not triumph over me.(FB)
12 Because of my integrity(FC) you uphold me(FD)
and set me in your presence forever.(FE)
13 Praise(FF) be to the Lord, the God of Israel,(FG)
from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.(FH)
BOOK II
Psalms 42–72
Psalm 42[l][m]
For the director of music. A maskil[n] of the Sons of Korah.
1 As the deer(FI) pants for streams of water,(FJ)
so my soul pants(FK) for you, my God.
2 My soul thirsts(FL) for God, for the living God.(FM)
When can I go(FN) and meet with God?
3 My tears(FO) have been my food
day and night,
while people say to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(FP)
4 These things I remember
as I pour out my soul:(FQ)
how I used to go to the house of God(FR)
under the protection of the Mighty One[o]
with shouts of joy(FS) and praise(FT)
among the festive throng.(FU)
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?(FV)
Why so disturbed(FW) within me?
Put your hope in God,(FX)
for I will yet praise(FY) him,
my Savior(FZ) and my God.(GA)
6 My soul is downcast within me;
therefore I will remember(GB) you
from the land of the Jordan,(GC)
the heights of Hermon(GD)—from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep(GE)
in the roar of your waterfalls;
all your waves and breakers
have swept over me.(GF)
8 By day the Lord directs his love,(GG)
at night(GH) his song(GI) is with me—
a prayer to the God of my life.(GJ)
9 I say to God my Rock,(GK)
“Why have you forgotten(GL) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(GM)
oppressed(GN) by the enemy?”(GO)
10 My bones suffer mortal agony(GP)
as my foes taunt(GQ) me,
saying to me all day long,
“Where is your God?”(GR)
11 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.(GS)
Psalm 43[p]
1 Vindicate me, my God,
and plead my cause(GT)
against an unfaithful nation.
Rescue me(GU) from those who are
deceitful and wicked.(GV)
2 You are God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected(GW) me?
Why must I go about mourning,(GX)
oppressed by the enemy?(GY)
3 Send me your light(GZ) and your faithful care,(HA)
let them lead me;(HB)
let them bring me to your holy mountain,(HC)
to the place where you dwell.(HD)
4 Then I will go(HE) to the altar(HF) of God,
to God, my joy(HG) and my delight.(HH)
I will praise you with the lyre,(HI)
O God, my God.
5 Why, my soul, are you downcast?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
for I will yet praise him,
my Savior and my God.(HJ)
Psalm 44[q]
For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[r]
1 We have heard it with our ears,(HK) O God;
our ancestors have told us(HL)
what you did in their days,
in days long ago.(HM)
2 With your hand you drove out(HN) the nations
and planted(HO) our ancestors;
you crushed(HP) the peoples
and made our ancestors flourish.(HQ)
3 It was not by their sword(HR) that they won the land,
nor did their arm bring them victory;
it was your right hand,(HS) your arm,(HT)
and the light(HU) of your face, for you loved(HV) them.
4 You are my King(HW) and my God,(HX)
who decrees[s] victories(HY) for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back(HZ) our enemies;
through your name we trample(IA) our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow,(IB)
my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory(IC) over our enemies,
you put our adversaries to shame.(ID)
8 In God we make our boast(IE) all day long,(IF)
and we will praise your name forever.[t](IG)
9 But now you have rejected(IH) and humbled us;(II)
you no longer go out with our armies.(IJ)
10 You made us retreat(IK) before the enemy,
and our adversaries have plundered(IL) us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(IM)
and have scattered us among the nations.(IN)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(IO)
gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach(IP) to our neighbors,(IQ)
the scorn(IR) and derision(IS) of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword(IT) among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads(IU) at us.
15 I live in disgrace(IV) all day long,
and my face is covered with shame(IW)
16 at the taunts(IX) of those who reproach and revile(IY) me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(IZ)
17 All this came upon us,
though we had not forgotten(JA) you;
we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned(JB) back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed(JC) us and made us a haunt for jackals;(JD)
you covered us over with deep darkness.(JE)
20 If we had forgotten(JF) the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,(JG)
21 would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?(JH)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep(JI) to be slaughtered.(JJ)
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
- Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies
- Psalm 39:1 In Hebrew texts 39:1-13 is numbered 39:2-14.
- Psalm 39:5 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 11.
- Psalm 40:1 In Hebrew texts 40:1-17 is numbered 40:2-18.
- Psalm 40:4 Or to lies
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
- Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
- Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me
- Psalm 41:1 In Hebrew texts 41:1-13 is numbered 41:2-14.
- Psalm 41:9 Hebrew has lifted up his heel
- Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
- Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
- Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 42:4 See Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
- Psalm 43:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
- Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
- Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
- Psalm 44:4 Septuagint, Aquila and Syriac; Hebrew King, O God; / command
- Psalm 44:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.
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