55:16 As for me, I will call out to God,
and the Lord will deliver me.
66:19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
66:20 God deserves praise, 1
for 2 he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me! 3
116:2 and listened to me. 4
As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. 5
1 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
2 tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.
3 tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”
4 tn Heb “because he turned his ear to me.”
5 tn Heb “and in my days I will cry out.”