Psalms 22:25

22:25 You are the reason I offer praise ¹  in the great assembly;

I will fulfill my promises before the Lord’s loyal followers. ² 

Psalms 27:9

27:9 Do not reject me! ³ 

Do not push your servant away in anger!

You are my deliverer! ⁴ 

Do not forsake or abandon me,

O God who vindicates me!

Psalms 30:8

30:8 To you, O Lord, I cried out;

I begged the Lord for mercy: ⁵ 

¹ tn Heb “from with you [is] my praise.”

² tn Heb “my vows I will fulfill before those who fear him.” When asking the Lord for help, the psalmists would typically promise to praise the Lord publicly if he intervened and delivered them.

³ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

⁴ tn Or “[source of] help.”

⁵ tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 8 are probably preterites; the psalmist recalls that he prayed in his time of crisis.