22:24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering 1 of the oppressed; 2
he did not ignore him; 3
when he cried out to him, he responded. 4
27:9 Do not reject me! 5
Do not push your servant away in anger!
You are my deliverer! 6
Do not forsake or abandon me,
O God who vindicates me!
69:17 Do not ignore 7 your servant,
for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! 8
8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,
who has rejected the family of Jacob; 9
I will wait for him.
1 tn Or “affliction”; or “need.”
2 sn In this verse the psalmist refers to himself in the third person and characterizes himself as oppressed.
3 tn Heb “he did not hide his face from him.” For other uses of the idiom “hide the face” meaning “ignore,” see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9. Sometimes the idiom carries the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 27:9; 88:14).
4 tn Heb “heard.”
5 tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
6 tn Or “[source of] help.”
9 tn Heb “do not hide your face from.” The Hebrew idiom “hide the face” can (1) mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
10 tn Or “quickly.”
13 tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”