Psalms 17:2

17:2 Make a just decision on my behalf! ¹ 

Decide what is right! ² 

Psalms 44:24

44:24 Why do you look the other way, ³ 

and ignore ⁴  the way we are oppressed and mistreated? ⁵ 

Psalms 119:6

119:6 Then I would not be ashamed,

if ⁶  I were focused on ⁷  all your commands.

[17:2]  ¹ tn Heb “From before you may my justice come out.” The prefixed verbal form יָצָא (yatsa’) could be taken as an imperfect, but following the imperatives in v. 1, it is better understood as a jussive of prayer.

[17:2]  ² tn Heb “May your eyes look at what is right.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as jussive. (See also the preceding note on the word “behalf.”)

[44:24]  ³ tn Heb “Why do you hide your face?” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[44:24]  ⁴ tn Or “forget.”

[44:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”

[119:6]  ⁵ tn Or “when.”

[119:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “I gaze at.”