Psalm 61:2

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Psalm 61:2 tn Heb “from the end of the earth.” This may indicate (1) the psalmist is exiled in a distant land, or (2) it may be hyperbolic (the psalmist feels alienated from God’s presence, as if he were in a distant land).
2. Psalm 61:2 tn Heb “while my heart faints.”
3. Psalm 61:2 tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.
4. Psalm 61:2 tn Heb “on to a rocky summit [that] is higher than I.”