Text -- Psalms 25:19-22 (NET)

25:19 Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me. 25:20 Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you! 25:21 May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you! 25:22 O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 25:19

¹ tn Heb “see my enemies for they are numerous, and [with] violent hatred they hate me.”

NET Notes: Psa 25:20

¹ tn Or “my life.”

NET Notes: Psa 25:22

¹ tn Or “redeem.”

² tn Heb “his distresses.”

sn O God, rescue Israel from all their distress. It is possible that the psalmist speaks on behalf of the nation throughout this entire psalm. Another option is that v. 22 is a later addition to the psalm which applies an original individual lament to the covenant community. If so, it may reflect an exilic setting.