Psalms 10:17

10:17 Lord, you have heard ¹  the request ²  of the oppressed;

you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. ³ 

Psalms 71:2

71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! ⁴ 

Listen to me! ⁵  Deliver me! ⁶ 

Psalms 88:2

88:2 Listen to my prayer! ⁷ 

Pay attention ⁸  to my cry for help!

Psalms 17:6

17:6 I call to you for you will answer me, O God.

Listen to me! ⁹ 

Hear what I say! ¹⁰ 

Psalms 45:10

45:10 Listen, O princess! ¹¹ 

Observe and pay attention! ¹² 

Forget your homeland ¹³  and your family! ¹⁴ 

Psalms 86:1

Psalm 86 ¹⁵ 

A prayer of David.

86:1 Listen ¹⁶  O Lord! Answer me!

For I am oppressed and needy.

Psalms 31:2

31:2 Listen to me! ¹⁷ 

Quickly deliver me!

Be my protector and refuge, ¹⁸ 

a stronghold where I can be safe! ¹⁹ 

Psalms 102:2

102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! ²⁰ 

Listen to me! ²¹ 

When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

[10:17]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “desire.”

[10:17]  ³ tn Heb “you make firm their heart, you cause your ear to listen.”

[71:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

[71:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[71:2]  ⁶ tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”

[88:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.

[88:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[17:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Turn your ear toward me.”

[17:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “my word.”

[45:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “daughter.” The Hebrew noun בת (“daughter”) can sometimes refer to a young woman in a general sense (see H. Haag, TDOT 2:334).

[45:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “see and turn your ear.” The verb רָאָה (ra’ah, “see”) is used here of mental observation.

[45:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your people.” This reference to the “people” of the princess suggests she was a foreigner. Perhaps the marriage was arranged as part of a political alliance between Israel (or Judah) and a neighboring state. The translation “your homeland” reflects such a situation.

[45:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the house of your father.”

[86:1]  ¹⁶ sn Psalm 86. The psalmist appeals to God’s mercy as he asks for deliverance from his enemies.

[86:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[31:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[31:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “become for me a rocky summit of refuge.”

[31:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “a house of strongholds to deliver me.”

[102:2]  ²² tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).

[102:2]  ²³ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”