22:2 My God, I cry out during the day,
but you do not answer,
and during the night my prayers do not let up. 1
27:7 Hear me, 2 O Lord, when I cry out!
Have mercy on me and answer me!
28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,
when I lift my hands 3 toward your holy temple! 4
34:17 The godly 5 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 6
63:4 For this reason 7 I will praise you while I live;
in your name I will lift up my hands. 8
72:12 For he will rescue the needy 9 when they cry out for help,
and the oppressed 10 who have no defender.
77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord.
Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! 11
89:15 How blessed are the people who worship you! 12
O Lord, they experience your favor. 13
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119:145 I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord!
I will observe your statutes.”
147:9 He gives food to the animals,
and to the young ravens when they chirp. 14
1 tn Heb “there is no silence to me.”
2 tn Heb “my voice.”
3 sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.
4 tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.
4 tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).
5 tn The three perfect verbal forms are taken in a generalizing sense in v. 17 and translated with the present tense (note the generalizing mood of vv. 18-22).
5 tn Or perhaps “then.”
6 sn I will lift up my hands. Lifting up one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer (see Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19) or respect (Ps 119:48).
6 tn The singular is representative. The typical needy individual here represents the entire group.
7 tn The singular is representative. The typical oppressed individual here represents the entire group.
7 tn Heb “yes, I will remember from old your wonders.”
8 tn Heb “who know the shout.” “Shout” here refers to the shouts of the
9 tn Heb “in the light of your face they walk.” The idiom “light of your face” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19; Dan 9:17).
9 tn Heb “which cry out.”