9:13 when they prayed: 1
“Have mercy on me, 2 Lord!
See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, 3
O one who can snatch me away 4 from the gates of death!
55:12 Indeed, 5 it is not an enemy who insults me,
or else I could bear it;
it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, 6
or else I could hide from him.
69:14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink!
Deliver me 7 from those who hate me,
from the deep water!
1 tn The words “when they prayed,” though not represented in the Hebrew text, are supplied in the translation for clarification. The petition in vv. 13-14 is best understood as the cry for help which the oppressed offered to God when the nations threatened. The
2 tn Or “show me favor.”
3 tn Heb “see my misery from the ones who hate me.”
4 tn Heb “one who lifts me up.”
5 tn Or “for.”
6 tn Heb “[who] magnifies against me.” See Pss 35:26; 38:16.
9 tn Heb “let me be delivered.”