Mazmur 17:13

17:13 Rise up, Lord!

Confront him! ¹  Knock him down! ² 

Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man! ³ 

Mazmur 22:21

22:21 Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, ⁴ 

and from the horns of the wild oxen! ⁵ 

You have answered me! ⁶ 

Mazmur 43:1

Psalm 43 ⁷ 

43:1 Vindicate me, O God!

Fight for me ⁸  against an ungodly nation!

Deliver me ⁹  from deceitful and evil men! ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 71:2

71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! ¹¹ 

Listen to me! ¹²  Deliver me! ¹³ 

Mazmur 116:4

116:4 I called on the name of the Lord,

“Please Lord, rescue my life!”

Mazmur 140:1

Psalm 140 ¹⁴ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

140:1 O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! ¹⁵ 

Protect me from violent men, ¹⁶ 

Mazmur 142:6

142:6 Listen to my cry for help,

for I am in serious trouble! ¹⁷ 

Rescue me from those who chase me,

for they are stronger than I am.

Mazmur 144:11

144:11 Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, ¹⁸ 

who speak lies,

and make false promises. ¹⁹ 

[17:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Be in front of his face.”

[17:13]  ² tn Or “bring him to his knees.”

[17:13]  ³ tn Heb “rescue my life from the wicked [one] [by] your sword.”

[22:21]  ⁴ sn The psalmist again compares his enemies to vicious dogs and ferocious lions (see vv. 13, 16).

[22:21]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term רֵמִים (remim) appears to be an alternate spelling of רְאֵמִים (rÿ’emim, “wild oxen”; see BDB 910 s.v. רְאֵם).

[22:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and from the horns of the wild oxen you answer me.” Most take the final verb with the preceding prepositional phrase. Some understand the verb form as a relatively rare precative perfect, expressing a wish or request (see IBHS 494-95 §30.5.4c, d). However, not all grammarians are convinced that the perfect is used as a precative in biblical Hebrew. (See the discussion at Ps 3:7.) Others prefer to take the perfect in its usual indicative sense. The psalmist, perhaps in response to an oracle of salvation, affirms confidently that God has answered him, assuring him that deliverance is on the way. The present translation takes the prepositional phrase as parallel to the preceding “from the mouth of the lion” and as collocated with the verb “rescue” at the beginning of the verse. “You have answered me” is understood as a triumphant shout which marks a sudden shift in tone and introduces the next major section of the psalm. By isolating the statement syntactically, the psalmist highlights the declaration.

[43:1]  ⁷ sn Psalm 43. Many medieval Hebrew mss combine Psalm 43 and Psalm 42 into one psalm. Psalm 43 is the only psalm in Book 2 of the Psalter (Psalms 42-72) that does not have a heading, suggesting that it was originally the third and concluding section of Psalm 42. Ps 43:5 is identical to the refrain in Ps 42:11 and almost identical to the refrain in Ps 42:5.

[43:1]  ⁸ tn Or “argue my case.”

[43:1]  ⁹ tn The imperfect here expresses a request or wish. Note the imperatives in the first half of the verse. See also v. 3.

[43:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the deceitful and evil man.” The Hebrew text uses the singular form “man” in a collective sense, as the reference to a “nation” in the parallel line indicates.

[71:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”

[71:2]  ¹² tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[71:2]  ¹³ tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”

[140:1]  ¹⁴ sn Psalm 140. The psalmist asks God to deliver him from his deadly enemies, calls judgment down upon them, and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.

[140:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from a wicked man.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2).

[140:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “a man of violent acts.” The Hebrew uses the singular in a representative or collective sense (note the plural verbs in v. 2).

[142:6]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “for I am very low.”

[144:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “from the hand of the sons of foreignness.”

[144:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “who [with] their mouth speak falsehood, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.” See v. 8 where the same expression occurs.