Verse 5
Why . . . ? Figure of speech Cycloides. The question repeated in Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5 . See the Structure, above.
And why . . . ? This second "why" is in the text of some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, as in Psalms 42:11 and Psalms 43:5 .
help. Hebrew, plural salvations. Plural of majesty = great help, or great salvation.
His. Hebrew text reads "my", so that, where I go I am delivered.
countenance. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), put for the whole person.
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