Psalms 25:22

25:22 O God, rescue ¹  Israel

from all their distress! ² 

Psalms 26:11

26:11 But I have integrity! ³ 

Rescue me ⁴  and have mercy on me!

Psalms 119:134

119:134 Deliver me ⁵  from oppressive men,

so that I can keep ⁶  your precepts.

Psalms 130:8

130:8 He will deliver ⁷  Israel

from all the consequences of their sins. ⁸ 

[25:22]  ¹ tn Or “redeem.”

[25:22]  ² tn Heb “his distresses.”

[26:11]  ³ tn Heb “and I in my integrity walk.” The psalmist uses the imperfect verbal form to emphasize this is his practice. The construction at the beginning of the verse (conjunction + pronoun) highlights the contrast between the psalmist and the sinners mentioned in vv. 9-10.

[26:11]  ⁴ tn Or “redeem me.”

[119:134]  ⁵ tn Or “redeem me.”

[119:134]  ⁶ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[130:8]  ⁷ tn Or “redeem.”

[130:8]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew noun עָוֹן (’avon) can refer to sin, the guilt sin produces, or the consequences of sin. Only here is the noun collocated with the verb פָּדָה (padah, “to redeem; to deliver”). The psalmist may refer to forgiveness per se (v. 4), but the emphasis in this context is likely on deliverance from the national consequences of sin. See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 192.