Psalms 22:19

22:19 But you, O Lord, do not remain far away!

You are my source of strength! ¹  Hurry and help me! ² 

Psalms 40:13

40:13 Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me!

O Lord, hurry and help me! ³ 

Psalms 44:26

44:26 Rise up and help us!

Rescue us ⁴  because of your loyal love!

Psalms 60:11

60:11 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ⁵ 

Psalms 63:7

63:7 For you are my deliverer; ⁶ 

under your wings ⁷  I rejoice.

Psalms 70:1

Psalm 70 ⁸ 

For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. ⁹ 

70:1 O God, please be willing to rescue me! ¹⁰ 

O Lord, hurry and help me! ¹¹ 

Psalms 71:12

71:12 O God, do not remain far away from me!

My God, hurry and help me! ¹² 

Psalms 94:17

94:17 If the Lord had not helped me,

I would have laid down in the silence of death. ¹³ 

Psalms 108:12

108:12 Give us help against the enemy,

for any help men might offer is futile. ¹⁴ 

[22:19]  ¹ tn Heb “O my strength.”

[22:19]  ² tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

[40:13]  ³ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

[44:26]  ⁵ tn Or “redeem us.” See Pss 25:22; 26:11; 69:18; 119:134.

[60:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”

[63:7]  ⁹ tn Or “[source of] help.”

[63:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the shadow of your wings.”

[70:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 70. This psalm is almost identical to Ps 40:13-17. The psalmist asks for God’s help and for divine retribution against his enemies.

[70:1]  ¹² tn Heb “to cause to remember.” The same form, a Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the superscription of Ps 38. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).

[70:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “O God, to rescue me.” A main verb is obviously missing. The verb רָצָה (ratsah, “be willing”) should be supplied (see Ps 40:13). Ps 40:13 uses the divine name “Lord” rather than “God.”

[70:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

[71:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

[94:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “If the Lord [were] not my help, quickly my life would have lain down in silence.” The psalmist, perhaps speaking as the nation’s representative, recalls God’s past intervention. For other examples of conditional sentences with the term לוּלֵי (luley, “if not”) in the protasis and a perfect verbal form in the apodosis, see Pss 119:92 and 124:2-5.

[108:12]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and futile [is] the deliverance of man.”