Mazmur 6:4

6:4 Relent, Lord, rescue me! ¹ 

Deliver me because of your faithfulness! ² 

Mazmur 109:26

109:26 Help me, O Lord my God!

Because you are faithful to me, deliver me! ³ 

Mazmur 119:146

119:146 I cried out to you, “Deliver me,

so that I can keep ⁴  your rules.”

Mazmur 86:2

86:2 Protect me, ⁵  for I am loyal!

O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!

Mazmur 108:6

108:6 Deliver by your power ⁶  and answer me,

so that the ones you love may be safe. ⁷ 

[6:4]  ¹ tn Heb “my being,” or “my life.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[6:4]  ² sn Deliver me because of your faithfulness. Though the psalmist is experiencing divine discipline, he realizes that God has made a commitment to him in the past, so he appeals to God’s faithfulness in his request for help.

[109:26]  ³ tn Heb “deliver me according to your faithfulness.”

[119:146]  ⁴ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.

[86:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “my life.”

[108:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “right hand.”

[108:6]  ⁷ tn Or “may be rescued.” The lines are actually reversed in the Hebrew text: “So that the ones you love may be rescued, deliver by your power and answer me.”