Psalms 116:2

116:2 and listened to me. ¹ 

As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. ² 

Psalms 71:2

71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! ³ 

Listen to me! ⁴  Deliver me! ⁵ 

Psalms 88:2

88:2 Listen to my prayer! ⁶ 

Pay attention ⁷  to my cry for help!

Psalms 86:1

Psalm 86 ⁸ 

A prayer of David.

86:1 Listen ⁹  O Lord! Answer me!

For I am oppressed and needy.

Psalms 31:2

31:2 Listen to me! ¹⁰ 

Quickly deliver me!

Be my protector and refuge, ¹¹ 

a stronghold where I can be safe! ¹² 

Psalms 102:2

102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! ¹³ 

Listen to me! ¹⁴ 

When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

[116:2]  ¹ tn Heb “because he turned his ear to me.”

[116:2]  ² tn Heb “and in my days I will cry out.”

[71:2]  ³ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

[71:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[71:2]  ⁵ tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”

[88:2]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[86:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 86. The psalmist appeals to God’s mercy as he asks for deliverance from his enemies.

[86:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

[31:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[31:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “become for me a rocky summit of refuge.”

[31:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “a house of strongholds to deliver me.”

[102:2]  ¹¹ 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]  ¹² tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”