Mazmur 35:23

35:23 Rouse yourself, wake up ¹  and vindicate me! ² 

My God and Lord, defend my just cause! ³ 

Mazmur 51:15

51:15 O Lord, give me the words! ⁴ 

Then my mouth will praise you. ⁵ 

Mazmur 71:14

71:14 As for me, I will wait continually,

and will continue to praise you. ⁶ 

Mazmur 86:6

86:6 O Lord, hear my prayer!

Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Mazmur 116:13

116:13 I will celebrate my deliverance, ⁷ 

and call on the name of the Lord.

Mazmur 118:25

118:25 Please Lord, deliver!

Please Lord, grant us success! ⁸ 

Mazmur 130:2

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ⁹ 

Pay attention to ¹⁰  my plea for mercy!

Mazmur 141:3

141:3 O Lord, place a guard on my mouth!

Protect the opening ¹¹  of my lips! ¹² 

Mazmur 146:3

146:3 Do not trust in princes,

or in human beings, who cannot deliver! ¹³ 

[35:23]  ¹ sn Though he is confident that the Lord is aware of his situation (see v. 22a), the psalmist compares the Lord’s inactivity to sleep and urges him to wake up.

[35:23]  ² tn Heb “for my justice.”

[35:23]  ³ tn Heb “for my cause.”

[51:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “open my lips.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

[51:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “and my mouth will declare your praise.”

[71:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I add to all your praise.”

[116:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “a cup of deliverance I will lift up.” Perhaps this alludes to a drink offering the psalmist will present as he thanks the Lord for his deliverance. See v. 17.

[118:25]  ⁸ sn A petition for deliverance and success seems odd in a psalm thanking God for deliverance, but it is not unique (see Ps 9:19-20). The people ask God to continue to intervene for them as he has for the psalmist.

[130:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “my voice.”

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

[141:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “door.” The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[141:3]  ¹² sn My mouth…my lips. The psalmist asks God to protect him from speaking inappropriately or sinfully.

[146:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “in a son of man, to whom there is no deliverance.”