6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted 1 my prayer.
30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!
O Lord, deliver me!” 2
34:17 The godly 3 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 4
54:2 O God, listen to my prayer!
Pay attention to what I say! 5
65:2 You hear prayers; 6
all people approach you. 7
81:13 If only my people would obey me! 8
If only Israel would keep my commands! 9
1 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the
2 tn Heb “be a helper to me.”
3 tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).
4 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).
4 tn Heb “to the words of my mouth.”
5 tn Heb “O one who hears prayer.”
6 tn Heb “to you all flesh comes.”
6 tn Heb “if only my people were listening to me.” The Hebrew particle לוּ (lu, “if not”) introduces a purely hypothetical or contrary to fact condition (see 2 Sam 18:12).
7 tn Heb “[and if only] Israel would walk in my ways.”