Psalms 40:17

40:17 I am oppressed and needy! ¹ 

May the Lord pay attention to me! ² 

You are my helper and my deliverer!

O my God, do not delay!

Psalms 88:10-12

88:10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead?

Do the departed spirits ³  rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

88:11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave,

or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? ⁴ 

88:12 Are your amazing deeds experienced ⁵  in the dark region, ⁶ 

or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? ⁷ 

Mark 5:23

5:23 He asked him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live.”

Mark 5:35-36

5:35 While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler’s ⁸  house saying, “Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?” 5:36 But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

[40:17]  ¹ sn See Pss 35:10; 37:14.

[40:17]  ² tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a jussive of prayer (as in the present translation; cf. NIV) or as an imperfect, “The Lord will pay attention to me” (cf. NRSV). The parallel in Ps 70:5 has, “O God, hurry to me!” For this reason some prefer to emend יַחֲשָׁב (yakhashav, “may he pay attention”) to חוּשָׁה (khushah, “hurry!”). The syntax of the Hebrew text is awkward; elsewhere when the Qal of חָשַׁב (khashav, “reckon; consider”) is collocated with the preposition -ל (lamed) and a pronominal suffix there is an accompanying direct object or additional prepositional phrase/adverbial accusative (see Gen 15:6; 2 Sam 19:19; Job 13:24; 19:11; 33:10; Pss 32:2; 41:7; Amos 6:5).

[88:10]  ³ tn Heb “Rephaim,” a term that refers to those who occupy the land of the dead (see Isa 14:9; 26:14, 19).

[88:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “in Abaddon,” a name for Sheol. The noun is derived from a verbal root meaning “to perish,” “to die.”

[88:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “known.”

[88:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “darkness,” here a title for Sheol.

[88:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “forgetfulness.” The noun, which occurs only here in the OT, is derived from a verbal root meaning “to forget.”

[5:35]  ⁸ sn See the note on synagogue rulers in 5:22.