Psalms 22:10

22:10 I have been dependent on you since birth; ¹ 

from the time I came out of my mother’s womb you have been my God. ² 

Psalms 25:16

25:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me,

for I am alone ³  and oppressed!

Psalms 68:24

68:24 They ⁴  see your processions, O God –

the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor. ⁵ 

Psalms 71:2

71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! ⁶ 

Listen to me! ⁷  Deliver me! ⁸ 

Psalms 89:26

89:26 He will call out to me,

‘You are my father, ⁹  my God, and the protector who delivers me.’ ¹⁰ 

[22:10]  ¹ tn Heb “upon you I was cast from [the] womb.”

[22:10]  ² tn Heb “from the womb of my mother you [have been] my God.”

[25:16]  ³ tn That is, helpless and vulnerable.

[68:24]  ⁵ tn The subject is probably indefinite, referring to bystanders in general who witness the procession.

[68:24]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has simply “in holiness.” The words “who marches along” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[71:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

[71:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[71:2]  ⁹ tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”

[89:26]  ⁹ sn You are my father. The Davidic king was viewed as God’s “son” (see 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 2:7). The idiom reflects ancient Near Eastern adoption language associated with covenants of grant, by which a lord would reward a faithful subject by elevating him to special status, referred to as “sonship.” Like a son, the faithful subject received an “inheritance,” viewed as an unconditional, eternal gift. Such gifts usually took the form of land and/or an enduring dynasty. See M. Weinfeld, “The Covenant of Grant in the Old Testament and in the Ancient Near East,” JAOS 90 (1970): 184-203, for general discussion and some striking extra-biblical parallels.

[89:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the rocky summit of my deliverance.”