Psalms 102:17

102:17 when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, ¹ 

and does not reject ²  their request. ³ 

Psalms 106:43-45

106:43 Many times he delivered ⁴  them,

but they had a rebellious attitude, ⁵ 

and degraded themselves ⁶  by their sin.

106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,

when he heard their cry for help.

106:45 He remembered his covenant with them,

and relented ⁷  because of his great loyal love.

Genesis 8:1

8:1 But God remembered ⁸  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ⁹  the earth and the waters receded.

Deuteronomy 32:36

32:36 The Lord will judge his people,

and will change his plans concerning ¹⁰  his servants;

when he sees that their power has disappeared,

and that no one is left, whether confined or set free.

Isaiah 63:9

63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. ¹¹ 

The messenger sent from his very presence ¹²  delivered them.

In his love and mercy he protected ¹³  them;

he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 16:3-13

16:3 and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. 16:4 As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; ¹⁵  you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. ¹⁶  16:5 No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; ¹⁷  you were thrown out into the open field ¹⁸  because you were detested on the day you were born.

16:6 “‘I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” I said to you as you lay there in your blood, “Live!” ¹⁹  16:7 I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare.

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing ²⁰  that you had reached the age for love. ²¹  I spread my cloak ²²  over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

16:9 “‘Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil. 16:10 I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. 16:11 I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck. 16:12 I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. 16:13 You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty.

Luke 1:48

1:48 because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. ²³ 

For ²⁴  from now on ²⁵  all generations will call me blessed, ²⁶ 

Luke 1:52

1:52 He has brought down the mighty ²⁷  from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; ²⁸ 

[102:17]  ¹ tn The Hebrew adjective עַרְעָר (’arar, “destitute”) occurs only here in the OT. It is derived from the verbal root ערר (“to strip oneself”).

[102:17]  ² tn Heb “despise.”

[102:17]  ³ tn The perfect verbal forms in vv. 16-17 are functioning as future perfects, indicating future actions that will precede the future developments described in v. 15.

[106:43]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“he would deliver”).

[106:43]  ⁵ tn Heb “but they rebelled in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite or imperfect, in which case it is customary, describing repeated action in past time (“they would have a rebellious attitude”).

[106:43]  ⁶ tn Heb “they sank down.” The Hebrew verb מָכַךְ (makhakh, “to lower; to sink”) occurs only here in the Qal.

[106:45]  ⁷ tn The Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) refers here to God relenting from a punishment already underway.

[8:1]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew word translated “remembered” often carries the sense of acting in accordance with what is remembered, i.e., fulfilling covenant promises (see B. S. Childs, Memory and Tradition in Israel [SBT], especially p. 34).

[8:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “to pass over.”

[32:36]  ¹⁰ tn The translation understands the verb in the sense of “be grieved, relent” (cf. HALOT 689 s.v. נחם hitp 2); cf. KJV, ASV “repent himself”; NLT “will change his mind.” Another option is to translate “will show compassion to” (see BDB 637 s.v. נחם); cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV.

[63:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in all their distress, there was distress to him” (reading לוֹ [lo] with the margin/Qere).

[63:9]  ¹² tn Heb “the messenger [or “angel”] of his face”; NIV “the angel of his presence.”

[63:9]  ¹³ tn Or “redeemed” (KJV, NAB, NIV), or “delivered.”

[63:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “all the days of antiquity”; KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “days of old.”

[16:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in water you were not washed for cleansing” or “with water you were not washed smooth” (see D. I. Block, Ezekiel [NICOT], 1:473, n. 57, for a discussion of possible meanings of this hapax legomenon).

[16:4]  ¹⁶ sn Arab midwives still cut the umbilical cords of infants and then proceed to apply salt and oil to their bodies.

[16:5]  ¹⁷ sn These verbs, “pity” and “spare,” echo the judgment oracles in 5:11; 7:4, 9; 8:18; 9:5, 10.

[16:5]  ¹⁸ sn A similar concept is found in Deut 32:10.

[16:6]  ¹⁹ tc The translation reflects the Hebrew text, which repeats the statement, perhaps for emphasis. However, a few medieval Hebrew manuscripts, the Old Greek, and the Syriac do not include the repetition. The statement could have been accidentally repeated or the second occurrence could have been accidentally omitted. Based on the available evidence it is difficult to know which is more likely.

[16:8]  ²⁰ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

[16:8]  ²¹ tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

[16:8]  ²² tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).

[1:48]  ²³ tn See the note on the word “servant” in v. 38.

[1:48]  ²⁴ tn Grk “for behold.”

[1:48]  ²⁵ sn From now on is a favorite phrase of Luke’s, showing how God’s acts change things from this point on (5:10; 12:52; 22:18, 69; Acts 18:6).

[1:48]  ²⁶ sn Mary is seen here as an example of an object of God’s grace (blessed) for all generations.

[1:52]  ²⁷ tn Or “rulers.”

[1:52]  ²⁸ tn Or “those of humble position”