Psalms 72:2

72:2 Then he will judge ¹  your people fairly,

and your oppressed ones ²  equitably.

Psalms 73:23

73:23 But I am continually with you;

you hold my right hand.

Psalms 94:5

94:5 O Lord, they crush your people;

they oppress the nation that belongs to you. ³ 

Psalms 106:4

106:4 Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people!

Pay attention to me, when you deliver,

Psalms 130:4

130:4 But ⁴  you are willing to forgive, ⁵ 

so that you might ⁶  be honored. ⁷ 

Psalms 139:18

139:18 If I tried to count them,

they would outnumber the grains of sand.

Even if I finished counting them,

I would still have to contend with you. ⁸ 

[72:2]  ¹ tn The prefixed verbal form appears to be an imperfect, not a jussive.

[72:2]  ² sn These people are called God’s oppressed ones because he is their defender (see Pss 9:12, 18; 10:12; 12:5).

[94:5]  ³ tn Or “your inheritance.”

[130:4]  ⁵ tn Or “surely.”

[130:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”

[130:4]  ⁷ tn Or “consequently you are.”

[130:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “feared.”

[139:18]  ⁷ tc Heb “I awake and I [am] still with you.” A reference to the psalmist awaking from sleep makes little, if any, sense contextually. For this reason some propose an emendation to הֲקִצּוֹתִי (haqitsoti), a Hiphil perfect form from an otherwise unattested verb קָצַץ (qatsats) understood as a denominative of קֵץ (qets, “end”). See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 252-53.