Psalms 17:13

17:13 Rise up, Lord!

Confront him! ¹  Knock him down! ² 

Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man! ³ 

Psalms 22:20

22:20 Deliver me ⁴  from the sword!

Save ⁵  my life ⁶  from the claws ⁷  of the wild dogs!

Psalms 86:13

86:13 For you will extend your great loyal love to me, ⁸ 

and will deliver my life ⁹  from the depths of Sheol. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 116:4

116:4 I called on the name of the Lord,

“Please Lord, rescue my life!”

Psalms 116:8

116:8 Yes, ¹¹  Lord, ¹²  you rescued my life from death,

and kept my feet from stumbling.

Psalms 120:2

120:2 I said, ¹³  “O Lord, rescue me ¹⁴ 

from those who lie with their lips ¹⁵ 

and those who deceive with their tongue. ¹⁶ 

Psalms 121:7

121:7 The Lord will protect you from all harm;

he will protect your life.

Isaiah 38:17

38:17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. ¹⁷ 

You delivered me ¹⁸  from the pit of oblivion. ¹⁹ 

For you removed all my sins from your sight. ²⁰ 

[17:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Be in front of his face.”

[17:13]  ² tn Or “bring him to his knees.”

[17:13]  ³ tn Heb “rescue my life from the wicked [one] [by] your sword.”

[22:20]  ⁴ tn Or “my life.”

[22:20]  ⁵ tn The verb “save” is supplied in the translation; it is understood by ellipsis (see “deliver” in the preceding line).

[22:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “my only one.” The psalmist may mean that his life is precious, or that he feels isolated and alone.

[22:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “from the hand.” Here “hand” is understood by metonymy as a reference to the “paw” and thus the “claws” of the wild dogs.

[86:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “for your loyal love [is] great over me.”

[86:13]  ⁹ tn Or “for he will have delivered my life.” The verb form indicates a future perfect here.

[86:13]  ¹⁰ tn Or “lower Sheol.”

[116:8]  ¹¹ tn Or “for.”

[116:8]  ¹² tn “Lord” is supplied here in the translation for clarification.

[120:2]  ¹³ tn The words “I said” are supplied in the translation for clarification. See the introductory note for this psalm.

[120:2]  ¹⁴ tn Or “my life.”

[120:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from a lip of falsehood.”

[120:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “from a tongue of deception.”

[38:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Look, for peace bitterness was to me bitter”; NAB “thus is my bitterness transformed into peace.”

[38:17]  ¹⁸ tc The Hebrew text reads, “you loved my soul,” but this does not fit syntactically with the following prepositional phrase. חָשַׁקְתָּ (khashaqta, “you loved”), may reflect an aural error; most emend the form to חָשַׂכְת, (khasakht, “you held back”).

[38:17]  ¹⁹ tn בְּלִי (bÿli) most often appears as a negation, meaning “without,” suggesting the meaning “nothingness, oblivion,” here. Some translate “decay” or “destruction.”

[38:17]  ²⁰ tn Heb “for you threw behind your back all my sins.”