Psalms 119:170

119:170 Listen to my appeal for mercy! ¹ 

Deliver me, as you promised. ² 

Psalms 6:9

6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;

the Lord has accepted ³  my prayer.

Psalms 55:1

Psalm 55 ⁴ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song ⁵  by David.

55:1 Listen, O God, to my prayer!

Do not ignore ⁶  my appeal for mercy!

[119:170]  ¹ tn Heb “may my appeal for mercy come before you.”

[119:170]  ² tn Heb “according to your speech.”

[6:9]  ³ tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the Lord has responded favorably to the psalmist’s request.

[55:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 55. The suffering and oppressed author laments that one of his friends has betrayed him, but he is confident that God will vindicate him by punishing his deceitful enemies.

[55:1]  ⁶ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 52.

[55:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “hide yourself from.”