Mazmur 6:3

6:3 I am absolutely terrified, ¹ 

and you, Lord – how long will this continue? ² 

Mazmur 78:59

78:59 God heard and was angry;

he completely rejected Israel.

Mazmur 119:51

119:51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. ³ 

Yet I do not turn aside from your law.

Mazmur 119:107

119:107 I am suffering terribly.

O Lord, revive me with your word! ⁴ 

[6:3]  ¹ tn Heb “my being is very terrified.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.

[6:3]  ² tn Heb “and you, Lord, how long?” The suffering psalmist speaks in broken syntax. He addresses God, but then simply cries out with a brief, but poignant, question: How long will this (= his suffering) continue?

[119:51]  ³ tn Heb “scoff at me to excess.”

[119:107]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to your word.”