Mazmur 27:7

27:7 Hear me, ¹  O Lord, when I cry out!

Have mercy on me and answer me!

Mazmur 28:2

28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,

when I lift my hands ²  toward your holy temple! ³ 

[27:7]  ¹ tn Heb “my voice.”

[28:2]  ² sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.

[28:2]  ³ tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.