Mazmur 28:2

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

when I lift my hands ¹  toward your holy temple! ² 

Mazmur 71:15

71:15 I will tell about your justice,

and all day long proclaim your salvation, ³ 

though I cannot fathom its full extent. ⁴ 

Mazmur 79:2

79:2 They have given the corpses of your servants

to the birds of the sky; ⁵ 

the flesh of your loyal followers

to the beasts of the earth.

Mazmur 79:9

79:9 Help us, O God, our deliverer!

For the sake of your glorious reputation, ⁶  rescue us!

Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! ⁷ 

Mazmur 79:11

79:11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! ⁸ 

Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! ⁹ 

Mazmur 80:18

80:18 Then we will not turn away from you.

Revive us and we will pray to you! ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 85:7

85:7 O Lord, show us your loyal love!

Bestow on us your deliverance!

Mazmur 89:16

89:16 They rejoice in your name all day long,

and are vindicated ¹¹  by your justice.

Mazmur 92:9

92:9 Indeed, ¹²  look at your enemies, O Lord!

Indeed, ¹³  look at how your enemies perish!

All the evildoers are scattered!

Mazmur 108:5

108:5 Rise up ¹⁴  above the sky, O God!

May your splendor cover the whole earth! ¹⁵ 

Mazmur 144:9

144:9 O God, I will sing a new song to you!

Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,

[28:2]  ¹ sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.

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

[71:15]  ³ tn Heb “my mouth declares your vindication, all the day your deliverance.”

[71:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “though I do not know [the] numbers,” that is, the tally of God’s just and saving acts. HALOT 768 s.v. סְפֹרוֹת understands the plural noun to mean “the art of writing.”

[79:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “[as] food for the birds of the sky.”

[79:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “the glory of your name.” Here and in the following line “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

[79:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “your name.”

[79:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “may the painful cry of the prisoner come before you.”

[79:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to the greatness of your arm leave the sons of death.” God’s “arm” here symbolizes his strength to deliver. The verbal form הוֹתֵר (hoter) is a Hiphil imperative from יָתַר (yatar, “to remain; to be left over”). Here it must mean “to leave over; to preserve.” However, it is preferable to emend the form to הַתֵּר (hatter), a Hiphil imperative from נָתַר (natar, “be free”). The Hiphil form is used in Ps 105:20 of Pharaoh freeing Joseph from prison. The phrase “sons of death” (see also Ps 102:21) is idiomatic for those condemned to die.

[80:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and in your name we will call.”

[89:16]  ¹¹ tn Heb “are lifted up.”

[92:9]  ¹² tn Or “for.”

[92:9]  ¹³ tn Or “for.”

[108:5]  ¹⁴ tn Or “be exalted.”

[108:5]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “over all the earth [be] your splendor.” Though no verb appears, the tone of the statement is a prayer or wish. (Note the imperative form in the preceding line.)