34:6 This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard;
he saved him 1 from all his troubles.
34:17 The godly 2 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 3
1 tn The pronoun refers back to “this oppressed man,” namely, the psalmist.
2 tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).
3 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).