Psalm 3/Notes/Phrasal.v. 4.726794

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  • The phrase כְּבוֹדִי is, literally, my honor or "my glory" (so NIV, NLT, ESV, NJPS, NET; German: meine Ehre, LUT, HFA, NGÜ, ELB, EÜ, GNB, ZÜR). The context suggests that "my honor" means "the source of my honor," i.e., "the one who makes me honorable [before others]": "you give me... honor" (CEV); "you restore my honor" (cf. HFA); "you rescue my honor" (GNB). Cf. NET note: "The psalmist affirms that the Lord is his source of honor, i.e., the one who gives him honor in the sight of others. According to BDB 459 s.v. II כָּבוֹד 7, the phrase refers to God as the one to whom the psalmist gives honor. But the immediate context focuses on what God does for the psalmist, not vice-versa."