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 35:27

35:27 May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice!

May they continually say, ⁴  “May the Lord be praised, ⁵  for he wants his servant to be secure.” ⁶ 

Mazmur 40:16

40:16 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!

May those who love to experience ⁷  your deliverance say continually, ⁸ 

“May the Lord be praised!” ⁹ 

Mazmur 55:1

Psalm 55 ¹⁰ 

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song ¹¹  by David.

55:1 Listen, O God, to my prayer!

Do not ignore ¹²  my appeal for mercy!

Mazmur 70:4

70:4 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!

May those who love to experience ¹³  your deliverance say continually, ¹⁴ 

“May God ¹⁵  be praised!” ¹⁶ 

[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.”

[35:27]  ⁴ tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 27a are understood as jussives (see vv. 24b-26).

[35:27]  ⁵ tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfect, “the Lord is great.”

[35:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “the one who desires the peace of his servant.”

[40:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by the Lord.

[40:16]  ⁸ tn The three prefixed verbal forms prior to the quotation are understood as jussives. The psalmist balances out his imprecation against his enemies with a prayer of blessing upon the godly.

[40:16]  ⁹ tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfect, “the Lord is great” (cf. NRSV). See Ps 35:27.

[55:1]  ¹⁰ sn Psalm 55. The suffering and oppressed author laments that one of his friends has betrayed him, but he is confident that God will vindicate him by punishing his deceitful enemies.

[55:1]  ¹¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew term מַשְׂכִּיל (maskil) is uncertain. See the note on the phrase “well-written song” in the superscription of Ps 52.

[55:1]  ¹² tn Heb “hide yourself from.”

[70:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by God.

[70:4]  ¹⁴ tn The three prefixed verbal forms prior to the quotation are understood as jussives. The psalmist balances out his imprecation against his enemies with a prayer of blessing on the godly.

[70:4]  ¹⁵ tn Ps 40:16 uses the divine name “Lord” here instead of “God.”

[70:4]  ¹⁶ tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the Lord be magnified [in praise].” Another option is to take the verb as an imperfect, “the Lord is great.” See Ps 35:27.