Psalms 25:16

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

for I am alone ¹  and oppressed!

Psalms 30:8

30:8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;

I begged the Lord for mercy: ² 

Psalms 30:10

30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!

O Lord, deliver me!” ³ 

Psalms 37:21

37:21 Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt,

but the godly show compassion and are generous. ⁴ 

Psalms 41:10

41:10 As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up,

so I can pay them back!” ⁵ 

Psalms 86:3

86:3 Have mercy on me, ⁶  O Lord,

for I cry out to you all day long!

Psalms 112:5

112:5 It goes well for the one ⁷  who generously lends money,

and conducts his business honestly. ⁸ 

[25:16]  ¹ tn That is, helpless and vulnerable.

[30:8]  ² tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 8 are probably preterites; the psalmist recalls that he prayed in his time of crisis.

[30:10]  ³ tn Heb “be a helper to me.”

[37:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “an evil [man] borrows and does not repay; but a godly [man] is gracious and gives.” The singular forms are used in a representative sense; the typical evildoer and godly individual are in view. The three active participles and one imperfect (“repay”) draw attention to the characteristic behavior of the two types.

[41:10]  ⁵ tn The cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) here indicates purpose or result (“Then I will repay them”) after the preceding imperatives.

[86:3]  ⁶ tn Or “show me favor.”

[112:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “man.”

[112:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “he sustains his matters with justice.”