Psalms 38:22

38:22 Hurry and help me, ¹  O Lord, my deliverer!

Psalms 22:19

22:19 But you, O Lord, do not remain far away!

You are my source of strength! ²  Hurry and help me! ³ 

Psalms 40:13

40:13 Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me!

O Lord, hurry and help me! ⁴ 

Psalms 70:1

Psalm 70 ⁵ 

For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. ⁶ 

70:1 O God, please be willing to rescue me! ⁷ 

O Lord, hurry and help me! ⁸ 

Psalms 71:12

71:12 O God, do not remain far away from me!

My God, hurry and help me! ⁹ 

[38:22]  ¹ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Ps 22:19.

[22:19]  ² tn Heb “O my strength.”

[22:19]  ³ tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

[40:13]  ³ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

[70:1]  ⁴ sn Psalm 70. This psalm is almost identical to Ps 40:13-17. The psalmist asks for God’s help and for divine retribution against his enemies.

[70:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “to cause to remember.” The same form, a Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the superscription of Ps 38. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).

[70:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “O God, to rescue me.” A main verb is obviously missing. The verb רָצָה (ratsah, “be willing”) should be supplied (see Ps 40:13). Ps 40:13 uses the divine name “Lord” rather than “God.”

[70:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.

[71:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “hurry to my help.”