Psalms 22:24

22:24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering ¹  of the oppressed; ² 

he did not ignore him; ³ 

when he cried out to him, he responded. ⁴ 

Psalms 102:2

102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! ⁵ 

Listen to me! ⁶ 

When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

Psalms 143:7

143:7 Answer me quickly, Lord!

My strength is fading. ⁷ 

Do not reject me, ⁸ 

or I will join ⁹  those descending into the grave. ¹⁰ 

[22:24]  ¹ tn Or “affliction”; or “need.”

[22:24]  ² sn In this verse the psalmist refers to himself in the third person and characterizes himself as oppressed.

[22:24]  ³ tn Heb “he did not hide his face from him.” For other uses of the idiom “hide the face” meaning “ignore,” see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9. Sometimes the idiom carries the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 27:9; 88:14).

[22:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “heard.”

[102:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).

[102:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[143:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “my spirit is failing.”

[143:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” (1) can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) can carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[143:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

[143:7]  ¹² tn Heb “the pit.” The Hebrew noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit; cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See Ps 28:1.