26:11 But I have integrity! 1
Rescue me 2 and have mercy on me!
27:7 Hear me, 3 O Lord, when I cry out!
Have mercy on me and answer me!
119:132 Turn toward me and extend mercy to me,
as you typically do to your loyal followers. 4
25:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me,
for I am alone 5 and oppressed!
30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!
O Lord, deliver me!” 6
86:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me!
Give your servant your strength!
Deliver your slave! 7
1 tn Heb “and I in my integrity walk.” The psalmist uses the imperfect verbal form to emphasize this is his practice. The construction at the beginning of the verse (conjunction + pronoun) highlights the contrast between the psalmist and the sinners mentioned in vv. 9-10.
2 tn Or “redeem me.”
3 tn Heb “my voice.”
5 tn Heb “according to custom toward the lovers of your name.” The “lovers of” God’s “name” are the
7 tn That is, helpless and vulnerable.
9 tn Heb “be a helper to me.”
11 tn Heb “the son of your female servant.” The phrase “son of a female servant” (see also Ps 116:16) is used of a son born to a secondary wife or concubine (Exod 23:12). In some cases the child’s father is the master of the house (see Gen 21:10, 13; Judg 9:18). The use of the expression here certainly does not imply that the