28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,
when I lift my hands 1 toward your holy temple! 2
130:2 O Lord, listen to me! 3
Pay attention to 4 my plea for mercy!
1 sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.
2 tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.
3 tn Heb “my voice.”
4 tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”