Psalms 30:2

30:2 O Lord my God,

I cried out to you and you healed me. ¹ 

Psalms 88:13

88:13 As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord;

in the morning my prayer confronts you.

Psalms 40:1

Psalm 40 ² 

For the music director; By David, a psalm.

40:1 I relied completely ³  on the Lord,

and he turned toward me

and heard my cry for help.

[30:2]  ¹ sn You healed me. Apparently the psalmist was plagued by a serious illness that threatened his life. See Ps 41.

[40:1]  ² sn Psalm 40. The psalmist combines a song of thanksgiving for a recent act of divine deliverance (vv. 1-11) with a confident petition for renewed divine intervention (vv. 12-17).

[40:1]  ³ tn Heb “relying, I relied.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verbal form to emphasize the verbal idea. The emphasis is reflected in the translation through the adverb “completely.” Another option is to translate, “I waited patiently” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV).