Mazmur 35:23

35:23 Rouse yourself, wake up ¹  and vindicate me! ² 

My God and Lord, defend my just cause! ³ 

Mazmur 73:21

73:21 Yes, ⁴  my spirit was bitter, ⁵ 

and my insides felt sharp pain. ⁶ 

Mazmur 91:8

91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –

you will see the wicked paid back. ⁷ 

Mazmur 118:25

118:25 Please Lord, deliver!

Please Lord, grant us success! ⁸ 

Mazmur 119:5

119:5 If only I were predisposed ⁹ 

to keep your statutes!

Mazmur 119:39

119:39 Take away the insults that I dread! ¹⁰ 

Indeed, ¹¹  your regulations are good.

Mazmur 130:2

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ¹² 

Pay attention to ¹³  my plea for mercy!

Mazmur 139:4

139:4 Certainly ¹⁴  my tongue does not frame a word

without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. ¹⁵ 

[35:23]  ¹ sn Though he is confident that the Lord is aware of his situation (see v. 22a), the psalmist compares the Lord’s inactivity to sleep and urges him to wake up.

[35:23]  ² tn Heb “for my justice.”

[35:23]  ³ tn Heb “for my cause.”

[73:21]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “when.”

[73:21]  ⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing attitude in a past time frame.

[73:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and [in] my kidneys I was pierced.” The imperfect verbal form here describes a continuing condition in a past time frame.

[91:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “retribution on the wicked.”

[118:25]  ⁸ sn A petition for deliverance and success seems odd in a psalm thanking God for deliverance, but it is not unique (see Ps 9:19-20). The people ask God to continue to intervene for them as he has for the psalmist.

[119:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “if only my ways were established.”

[119:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my reproach that I fear.”

[119:39]  ¹¹ tn Or “for.”

[130:2]  ¹² tn Heb “my voice.”

[130:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”

[139:4]  ¹⁴ tn Or “for.”

[139:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “look, O Lord, you know all of it.”