Psalms 10:12

10:12 Rise up, Lord! ¹ 

O God, strike him down! ² 

Do not forget the oppressed!

Psalms 10:17

10:17 Lord, you have heard ³  the request ⁴  of the oppressed;

you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. ⁵ 

Psalms 34:2

34:2 I will boast ⁶  in the Lord;

let the oppressed hear and rejoice! ⁷ 

Psalms 69:32

69:32 The oppressed look on – let them rejoice!

You who seek God, ⁸  may you be encouraged! ⁹ 

Psalms 147:6

147:6 The Lord lifts up the oppressed,

but knocks ¹⁰  the wicked to the ground.

Psalms 149:4

149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his people;

he exalts the oppressed by delivering them. ¹¹ 

Psalms 9:12

9:12 For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; ¹² 

he did not overlook ¹³  their cry for help ¹⁴ 

Psalms 9:18

9:18 for the needy are not permanently ignored, ¹⁵ 

the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 22:26

22:26 Let the oppressed eat and be filled! ¹⁷ 

Let those who seek his help praise the Lord!

May you ¹⁸  live forever!

[10:12]  ¹ sn Rise up, O Lord! The psalmist’s mood changes from lament to petition and confidence.

[10:12]  ² tn Heb “lift up your hand.” Usually the expression “lifting the hand” refers to praying (Pss 28:2; 134:2) or making an oath (Ps 106:26), but here it probably refers to “striking a blow” (see 2 Sam 18:28; 20:21). Note v. 15, where the psalmist asks the Lord to “break the arm of the wicked.” A less likely option is that the psalmist is requesting that the Lord declare by oath his intention to intervene.

[10:17]  ³ sn You have heard. The psalmist is confident that God has responded positively to his earlier petitions for divine intervention. The psalmist apparently prayed the words of vv. 16-18 after the reception of an oracle of deliverance (given in response to the confident petition of vv. 12-15) or after the Lord actually delivered him from his enemies.

[10:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “desire.”

[10:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “you make firm their heart, you cause your ear to listen.”

[34:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “my soul will boast”; or better, “let my soul boast.” Following the cohortative form in v. 1, it is likely that the prefixed verbal form here is jussive.

[34:2]  ⁶ tn The two prefixed verbal forms in this verse are best taken as jussives, for the psalmist is calling his audience to worship (see v. 3).

[69:32]  ⁷ sn You who seek God refers to those who seek to have a relationship with God by obeying and worshiping him (see Ps 53:2).

[69:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “may your heart[s] live.” See Ps 22:26.

[147:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “brings down.”

[149:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he honors the oppressed [with] deliverance.”

[9:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “for the one who seeks shed blood remembered them.” The idiomatic expression “to seek shed blood” seems to carry the idea “to seek payment/restitution for one’s shed blood.” The plural form דָּמִים (damim, “shed blood”) occurs only here as the object of דָּרַשׁ (darash); the singular form דָּם (dam, “blood”) appears with the verb in Gen 9:5; 42:22; Ezek 33:6. “Them,” the pronominal object of the verb “remembered,” refers to the oppressed, mentioned specifically in the next line, so the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:12]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “did not forget.”

[9:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the cry for help of the oppressed.” In this context the “oppressed” are the psalmist and those he represents, whom the hostile nations have threatened.

[9:18]  ¹⁵ tn Or “forgotten.”

[9:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the hope of the afflicted does [not] perish forever.” The negative particle is understood by ellipsis; note the preceding line. The imperfect verbal forms express what typically happens.

[22:26]  ¹⁷ sn Eat and be filled. In addition to praising the Lord, the psalmist also offers a thank offering to the Lord and invites others to share in a communal meal.

[22:26]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “may your heart[s].”