Psalms 4:3

4:3 Realize that ¹  the Lord shows the godly special favor; ² 

the Lord responds ³  when I cry out to him.

Psalms 58:5

58:5 that does not respond to ⁴  the magicians,

or to a skilled snake-charmer.

Psalms 94:9

94:9 Does the one who makes the human ear not hear?

Does the one who forms the human eye not see? ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “and know that.”

² tn Heb “that the Lord sets apart a faithful one for himself.” The psalmist states a general principle, though the singular form and the parallel line indicate he has himself in mind as the representative godly person. A חָסִיד (khasid; here translated as “the godly”) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 12:1; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).

³ tn Heb “hears.”

⁴ tn Heb “does not listen to the voice of.”

⁷ tn Heb “The one who plants an ear, does he not hear? The one who forms an eye, does he not see?”