Psalms 38:15

38:15 Yet ¹  I wait for you, O Lord!

You will respond, O Lord, my God!

Psalms 69:3

69:3 I am exhausted from shouting for help;

my throat is sore; ² 

my eyes grow tired of looking for my God. ³ 

Psalms 119:43

119:43 Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, ⁴ 

for I await your justice.

Psalms 130:7

130:7 O Israel, hope in the Lord,

for the Lord exhibits loyal love, ⁵ 

and is more than willing to deliver. ⁶ 

[38:15]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “surely.”

[69:3]  ² tn Or perhaps “raw”; Heb “burned; enflamed.”

[69:3]  ³ tn Heb “my eyes fail from waiting for my God.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision.

[119:43]  ³ tn Heb “do not snatch from my mouth a word of truth to excess.” The psalmist wants to be able to give a reliable testimony about the Lord’s loyal love (vv. 41-42), but if God does not intervene, the psalmist will be deprived of doing so, for the evidence of such love (i.e., deliverance) will be lacking.

[130:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “for with the Lord [is] loyal love.”

[130:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and abundantly with him [is] redemption.”