Text -- Psalms 71:1-2 (NET)

Psalm 71

71:1 In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! 71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 71:1

¹ sn Psalm 71. The psalmist prays for divine intervention and expresses his confidence that God will protect and vindicate him. The first three verses are very similar to Ps 31:1-3a.

NET Notes: Psa 71:2

¹ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

² tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

³ tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”