Mazmur 25:18

25:18 See my pain and suffering!

Forgive all my sins! ¹ 

Mazmur 30:10

30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!

O Lord, deliver me!” ² 

Mazmur 66:18

66:18 If I had harbored sin in my heart, ³ 

the Lord would not have listened.

Mazmur 72:3

72:3 The mountains will bring news of peace to the people,

and the hills will announce justice. ⁴ 

Mazmur 94:2

94:2 Rise up, O judge of the earth!

Pay back the proud!

Mazmur 115:14

115:14 May he increase your numbers,

yours and your children’s! ⁵ 

Mazmur 130:2

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ⁶ 

Pay attention to ⁷  my plea for mercy!

[25:18]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up all my sins.”

[30:10]  ² tn Heb “be a helper to me.”

[66:18]  ³ tn Heb “sin if I had seen in my heart.”

[72:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “[the] mountains will bear peace to the people, and [the] hills with justice.” The personified mountains and hills probably represent messengers who will sweep over the land announcing the king’s just decrees and policies. See Isa 52:7 and C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs, Psalms (ICC), 2:133.

[115:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “may he add to you, to you and your sons.” The prefixed verbal form is jussive, indicating this is a prayer.

[130:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “my voice.”

[130:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”