Mazmur 17:6

17:6 I call to you for you will answer me, O God.

Listen to me! ¹ 

Hear what I say! ² 

Mazmur 71:2

71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! ³ 

Listen to me! ⁴  Deliver me! ⁵ 

Mazmur 130:1-2

Psalm 130 ⁶ 

A song of ascents. ⁷ 

130:1 From the deep water ⁸  I cry out to you, O Lord.

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ⁹ 

Pay attention to ¹⁰  my plea for mercy!

[17:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Turn your ear toward me.”

[17:6]  ² tn Heb “my word.”

[71:2]  ³ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

[71:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[71:2]  ⁵ tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”

[130:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 130. The psalmist, confident of the Lord’s forgiveness, cries out to the Lord for help in the midst of his suffering and urges Israel to do the same.

[130:1]  ⁷ sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.

[130:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “depths,” that is, deep waters (see Ps 69:2, 14; Isa 51:10), a metaphor for the life-threatening danger faced by the psalmist.

[130:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “my voice.”

[130:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”