Psalms 4:3

4:3 Realize that ¹  the Lord shows the godly special favor; ² 

the Lord responds ³  when I cry out to him.

Psalms 18:3

18:3 I called ⁴  to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, ⁵ 

and I was delivered from my enemies.

Psalms 80:18

80:18 Then we will not turn away from you.

Revive us and we will pray to you! ⁶ 

Psalms 105:1

Psalm 105 ⁷ 

105:1 Give thanks to the Lord!

Call on his name!

Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

Psalms 116:2

116:2 and listened to me. ⁸ 

As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. ⁹ 

Psalms 116:13

116:13 I will celebrate my deliverance, ¹⁰ 

and call on the name of the Lord.

[4:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and know that.”

[4:3]  ² tn Heb “that the Lord sets apart a faithful one for himself.” The psalmist states a general principle, though the singular form and the parallel line indicate he has himself in mind as the representative godly person. A חָסִיד (khasid; here translated as “the godly”) is one who does what is right in God’s eyes and remains faithful to God (see Pss 12:1; 18:25; 31:23; 37:28; 86:2; 97:10).

[4:3]  ³ tn Heb “hears.”

[18:3]  ⁴ tn In this song of thanksgiving, where the psalmist recalls how the Lord delivered him, the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect.

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “worthy of praise, I cried out [to] the Lord.” Some take מְהֻלָּל (mÿhullal, “worthy of praise”) with what precedes and translate, “the praiseworthy one,” or “praiseworthy.” However, the various epithets in vv. 1-2 have the first person pronominal suffix, unlike מְהֻלָּל. If one follows the traditional verse division and takes מְהֻלָּל with what follows, it is best understood as substantival and as appositional to יְהוָה (yÿhvah): “[to the] praiseworthy one I cried out, [to the] Lord.”

[80:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and in your name we will call.”

[105:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 105. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God because he delivered his people from Egypt in fulfillment of his covenantal promises to Abraham. A parallel version of vv. 1-15 appears in 1 Chr 16:8-22.

[116:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “because he turned his ear to me.”

[116:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and in my days I will cry out.”

[116:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a cup of deliverance I will lift up.” Perhaps this alludes to a drink offering the psalmist will present as he thanks the Lord for his deliverance. See v. 17.