Psalms 66:19

66:19 However, God heard;

he listened to my prayer.

Psalms 72:20

72:20 This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here. ¹ 

Psalms 86:6

86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!

Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Psalms 109:4

109:4 They repay my love with accusations, ² 

but I continue to pray. ³ 

Psalms 109:7

109:7 When he is judged, he will be found ⁴  guilty! ⁵ 

Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.

[72:20]  ¹ tn Heb “the prayers of David, son of Jesse, are concluded.” As noted earlier, v. 20 appears to be a remnant of an earlier collection of psalms or an earlier edition of the Psalter. In the present arrangement of the Book of Psalms, not all psalms prior to this are attributed to David (see Pss 1-2, 10, 33, 42-50, 66-67, 71-72) and several psalms attributed to David appear after this (see Pss 86, 101, 103, 108-110, 122, 124, 131, 138-145).

[109:4]  ¹ tn Heb “in place of my love they oppose me.”

[109:4]  ² tn Heb “and I, prayer.”

[109:7]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form could be taken as a jussive, but the use of the imperfect form in the following line suggests that v. 7 anticipates the outcome of the accusation envisioned in v. 6.

[109:7]  ² tn Heb “he will go out [as] a criminal” (that is, guilty).