Mazmur 39:12

39:12 Hear my prayer, O Lord!

Listen to my cry for help!

Do not ignore my sobbing! ¹ 

For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land;

I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. ² 

Mazmur 105:6-12

105:6 O children ³  of Abraham, ⁴  God’s ⁵  servant,

you descendants ⁶  of Jacob, God’s ⁷  chosen ones!

105:7 He is the Lord our God;

he carries out judgment throughout the earth. ⁸ 

105:8 He always remembers his covenantal decree,

the promise he made ⁹  to a thousand generations –

105:9 the promise ¹⁰  he made to Abraham,

the promise he made by oath to Isaac!

105:10 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,

to Israel as a lasting promise, ¹¹ 

105:11 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan

as the portion of your inheritance.”

105:12 When they were few in number,

just a very few, and resident aliens within it,

[39:12]  ¹ tn Heb “do not be deaf to my tears.”

[39:12]  ² tn Heb “For a resident alien [am] I with you, a sojourner like all my fathers.”

[39:12]  sn Resident aliens were dependent on the mercy and goodwill of others. The Lord was concerned that resident aliens be treated properly. See Deut 24:17-22, Ps 146:9.

[105:6]  ³ tn Or “offspring”; Heb “seed.”

[105:6]  ⁴ tc Some mss have “Israel,” which appears in the parallel version of this psalm in 1 Chr 16:13.

[105:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[105:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “sons.”

[105:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[105:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”

[105:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 10-12 make clear.

[105:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “which.”

[105:10]  ¹¹ tn Or “eternal covenant.”