116:2 and listened to me. 1
As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. 2
71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! 3
Listen to me! 4 Deliver me! 5
88:2 Listen to my prayer! 6
Pay attention 7 to my cry for help!
A prayer of David.
86:1 Listen 9 O Lord! Answer me!
For I am oppressed and needy.
31:2 Listen to me! 10
Quickly deliver me!
Be my protector and refuge, 11
a stronghold where I can be safe! 12
102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! 13
Listen to me! 14
When I call out to you, quickly answer me!
1 tn Heb “because he turned his ear to me.”
2 tn Heb “and in my days I will cry out.”
3 tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”
4 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”
5 tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”
5 tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.
6 tn Heb “turn your ear.”
7 sn Psalm 86. The psalmist appeals to God’s mercy as he asks for deliverance from his enemies.
8 tn Heb “turn your ear.”
9 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”
10 tn Heb “become for me a rocky summit of refuge.”
11 tn Heb “a house of strongholds to deliver me.”
11 tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).
12 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”