Psalms 78:70

78:70 He chose David, his servant,

and took him from the sheepfolds.

Psalms 86:3

86:3 Have mercy on me, ¹  O Lord,

for I cry out to you all day long!

Psalms 69:3

69:3 I am exhausted from shouting for help;

my throat is sore; ² 

my eyes grow tired of looking for my God. ³ 

Psalms 141:1

Psalm 141 ⁴ 

A psalm of David.

141:1 O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me!

Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

Psalms 31:17

31:17 O Lord, do not let me be humiliated,

for I call out to you!

May evil men be humiliated!

May they go wailing to the grave! ⁵ 

[86:3]  ¹ tn Or “show me favor.”

[69:3]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “raw”; Heb “burned; enflamed.”

[69:3]  ² tn Heb “my eyes fail from waiting for my God.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision.

[141:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 141. The psalmist asks God to protect him from sin and from sinful men.

[31:17]  ¹ tn The verb יִדְּמוּ (yiddÿmu) is understood as a form of דָּמַם (damam, “wail, lament”). Another option is to take the verb from דָּמַם (“be quiet”; see BDB 198-99 s.v. I דָּמַם), in which case one might translate, “May they lie silent in the grave.”