10:17 Lord, you have heard 1 the request 2 of the oppressed;
you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. 3
71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! 4
Listen to me! 5 Deliver me! 6
88:2 Listen to my prayer! 7
Pay attention 8 to my cry for help!
1 sn You have heard. The psalmist is confident that God has responded positively to his earlier petitions for divine intervention. The psalmist apparently prayed the words of vv. 16-18 after the reception of an oracle of deliverance (given in response to the confident petition of vv. 12-15) or after the Lord actually delivered him from his enemies.
2 tn Heb “desire.”
3 tn Heb “you make firm their heart, you cause your ear to listen.”
4 tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”
5 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”
6 tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”
7 tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.
8 tn Heb “turn your ear.”