25:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me,
for I am alone 1 and oppressed!
30:8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;
I begged the Lord for mercy: 2
30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!
O Lord, deliver me!” 3
37:21 Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt,
but the godly show compassion and are generous. 4
41:10 As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up,
so I can pay them back!” 5
86:3 Have mercy on me, 6 O Lord,
for I cry out to you all day long!
112:5 It goes well for the one 7 who generously lends money,
and conducts his business honestly. 8
1 tn That is, helpless and vulnerable.
2 tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 8 are probably preterites; the psalmist recalls that he prayed in his time of crisis.
3 tn Heb “be a helper to me.”
4 tn Heb “an evil [man] borrows and does not repay; but a godly [man] is gracious and gives.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The three active participles and one imperfect (“repay”) draw attention to the characteristic behavior of the two types.
5 tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) here indicates purpose or result (“Then I will repay them”) after the preceding imperatives.
6 tn Or “show me favor.”
7 tn Heb “man.”
8 tn Heb “he sustains his matters with justice.”