Mazmur 31:2

31:2 Listen to me! ¹ 

Quickly deliver me!

Be my protector and refuge, ² 

a stronghold where I can be safe! ³ 

Mazmur 31:21

31:21 The Lord deserves praise ⁴ 

for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. ⁵ 

[31:2]  ¹ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[31:2]  ² tn Heb “become for me a rocky summit of refuge.”

[31:2]  ³ tn Heb “a house of strongholds to deliver me.”

[31:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “blessed [be] the Lord.”

[31:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “for he caused his faithfulness to be amazing to me in a besieged city.” The psalmist probably speaks figuratively here. He compares his crisis to being trapped in a besieged city, but the Lord answered his prayer for help. Verses 19-24 were apparently written after the Lord answered the prayer of vv. 1-18.