Psalms 22:1

Psalm 22 ¹ 

For the music director; according to the tune “Morning Doe;” ²  a psalm of David.

22:1 My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? ³ 

I groan in prayer, but help seems far away. ⁴ 

Psalms 28:1

Psalm 28 ⁵ 

By David.

28:1 To you, O Lord, I cry out!

My protector, ⁶  do not ignore me! ⁷ 

If you do not respond to me, ⁸ 

I will join ⁹  those who are descending into the grave. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 32:5

32:5 Then I confessed my sin;

I no longer covered up my wrongdoing.

I said, “I will confess ¹¹  my rebellious acts to the Lord.”

And then you forgave my sins. ¹²  (Selah)

Psalms 69:6

69:6 Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me,

O sovereign Lord and king! ¹³ 

Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me,

O God of Israel!

[22:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 22. The psalmist cries out to the Lord for deliverance from his dangerous enemies, who have surrounded him and threaten his life. Confident that the Lord will intervene, he then vows to thank the Lord publicly for his help and anticipates a time when all people will recognize the Lord’s greatness and worship him.

[22:1]  ² tn Heb “according to the doe of the dawn.” Apparently this refers to a particular musical tune or style.

[22:1]  ³ sn From the psalmist’s perspective it seems that God has abandoned him, for he fails to answer his cry for help (vv. 1b-2).

[22:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “far from my deliverance [are] the words of my groaning.” The Hebrew noun שְׁאָגָה (shÿ’agah) and its related verb שָׁאַג (sha’ag) are sometimes used of a lion’s roar, but they can also describe human groaning (see Job 3:24 and Pss 32:3 and 38:8.

[28:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 28. The author looks to the Lord for vindication, asks that the wicked be repaid in full for their evil deeds, and affirms his confidence that the Lord will protect his own.

[28:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

[28:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not be deaf from me.”

[28:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “lest [if] you are silent from me.”

[28:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

[28:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the pit.” The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit, cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead.

[32:5]  ⁹ tn The Hiphil of ידה normally means “give thanks, praise,” but here, as in Prov 28:13, it means “confess.”

[32:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the wrongdoing of my sin.” By joining synonyms for “sin” in this way, the psalmist may be emphasizing the degree of his wrongdoing.

[69:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “O Master, Lord of hosts.” Both titles draw attention to God’s sovereign position.