Psalm 89/Notes/Lexical.v. 49.362315

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  • The word נֶפֶשׁ could be a reflexive: "Who can save himself...?" (CSB). Or it could refer to the person's "soul" or "life:" "No man can... deliver his life" (NET). Witthoff notes that "נֶפֶש is used to refer to LIFE in contexts of rescue, deliverance, and redemption" (2021, 165; see e.g., with מלט in Gen 19:17; 2 Sam 19:6; Pss 116:4; 124:7; etc.).