Discovery BoxPsalms 66:19
Context66:19 However, God heard;
he listened to my prayer.
Psalms 86:6
Context86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!
Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
Psalms 6:9
Context6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted 1 my prayer.
Psalms 54:2
Context54:2 O God, listen to my prayer!
Pay attention to what I say! 2
Psalms 66:20
Contextfor 4 he did not reject my prayer
or abandon his love for me! 5
Psalms 88:2
ContextPay attention 7 to my cry for help!
Psalms 88:13
Context88:13 As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord;
in the morning my prayer confronts you.
Psalms 141:2
Context141:2 May you accept my prayer like incense,
my uplifted hands like the evening offering! 8
Psalms 17:1
ContextA prayer of David.
17:1 Lord, consider my just cause! 10
Pay attention to my cry for help!
Listen to the prayer
I sincerely offer! 11
Psalms 55:1
ContextFor the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song 13 by David.
55:1 Listen, O God, to my prayer!
Do not ignore 14 my appeal for mercy!
Psalms 61:1
ContextFor the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David.
61:1 O God, hear my cry for help!
Pay attention to my prayer!
Psalms 84:8
Context84:8 O Lord, sovereign God, 16
hear my prayer!
Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
Psalms 143:1
ContextA psalm of David.
143:1 O Lord, hear my prayer!
Pay attention to my plea for help!
Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!
Psalms 4:1
ContextFor the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David.
4:1 When I call out, answer me,
O God who vindicates me! 19
Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. 20
Have mercy on me 21 and respond to 22 my prayer!
Psalms 39:12
Context39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!
Listen to my cry for help!
Do not ignore my sobbing! 23
For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land;
I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. 24
Psalms 69:13
Context69:13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! 25
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance! 26
Psalms 102:1
ContextThe prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord.
102:1 O Lord, hear my prayer!
Pay attention to my cry for help! 28
[6:9] 1 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the
[54:2] 1 tn Heb “to the words of my mouth.”
[66:20] 1 tn Heb “blessed [be] God.”
[66:20] 2 tn Or “who.” In a blessing formula after בָּרוּךְ (barukh, “blessed be”) the form אֲשֶׁר (’asher), whether taken as a relative pronoun or causal particle, introduces the basis for the blessing/praise.
[66:20] 3 tn Heb “did not turn aside my prayer and his loyal love with me.”
[88:2] 1 tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.
[88:2] 2 tn Heb “turn your ear.”
[141:2] 1 tn Heb “may my prayer be established [like] incense before you, the uplifting of my hands [like] an evening offering.”
[17:1] 1 sn Psalm 17. The psalmist asks God to intervene on his behalf because his life is threatened by dangerous enemies. He appeals to divine justice, for he is certain of his own innocence. Because he is innocent, he expects to encounter God and receive an assuring word.
[17:1] 2 tn Heb “hear,
[17:1] 3 tn Heb “Listen to my prayer, [made] without lips of deceit.”
[55:1] 1 sn Psalm 55. The suffering and oppressed author laments that one of his friends has betrayed him, but he is confident that God will vindicate him by punishing his deceitful enemies.
[55:1] 2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 52.
[55:1] 3 tn Heb “hide yourself from.”
[61:1] 1 sn Psalm 61. The psalmist cries out for help and expresses his confidence that God will protect him.
[84:8] 1 tn Heb “
[143:1] 1 sn Psalm 143. As in the previous psalm, the psalmist laments his persecuted state and asks the Lord to deliver him from his enemies.
[4:1] 1 sn Psalm 4. The psalmist asks God to hear his prayer, expresses his confidence that the Lord will intervene, and urges his enemies to change their ways and place their trust in God. He concludes with another prayer for divine intervention and again affirms his absolute confidence in God’s protection.
[4:1] 2 tn Heb “God of my righteousness.”
[4:1] 3 tn Heb “in distress (or “a narrow place”) you make (a place) large for me.” The function of the Hebrew perfect verbal form here is uncertain. The translation above assumes that the psalmist is expressing his certitude and confidence that God will intervene. The psalmist is so confident of God’s positive response to his prayer, he can describe God’s deliverance as if it had already happened. Such confidence is consistent with the mood of the psalm (vv. 3, 8). Another option is to take the perfects as precative, expressing a wish or request (“lead me”). See IBHS 494-95 §30.5.4c, d. However, not all grammarians are convinced that the perfect is used as a precative in biblical Hebrew.
[4:1] 4 tn Or “show me favor.”
[39:12] 1 tn Heb “do not be deaf to my tears.”
[39:12] 2 tn Heb “For a resident alien [am] I with you, a sojourner like all my fathers.”
[69:13] 1 tn Heb “as for me, [may] my prayer be to you, O
[69:13] 2 tn Heb “O God, in the abundance of your loyal love, answer me in the faithfulness of your deliverance.”
[102:1] 1 sn Psalm 102. The psalmist laments his oppressed state, but longs for a day when the Lord will restore Jerusalem and vindicate his suffering people.
