19:11 Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; 1
those who obey them receive a rich reward. 2
69:17 Do not ignore 3 your servant,
for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! 4
78:70 He chose David, his servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds.
86:2 Protect me, 5 for I am loyal!
O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you!
86:4 Make your servant 6 glad,
for to you, O Lord, I pray! 7
86:16 Turn toward me and have mercy on me!
Give your servant your strength!
Deliver your slave! 8
89:20 I have discovered David, my servant.
With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. 9
89:39 You have repudiated 10 your covenant with your servant; 11
you have thrown his crown to the ground. 12
105:17 He sent a man ahead of them 13 –
Joseph was sold as a servant.
105:26 He sent his servant Moses,
and Aaron, whom he had chosen.
105:42 Yes, 14 he remembered the sacred promise 15
he made to Abraham his servant.
ג (Gimel)
119:17 Be kind to your servant!
Then I will live 16 and keep 17 your instructions. 18
119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, 19
your servant meditates on your statutes.
119:38 Confirm to your servant your promise, 20
which you made to the one who honors you. 21
ז (Zayin)
119:49 Remember your word to your servant,
for you have given me hope.
ט (Tet)
119:65 You are good 22 to your servant,
O Lord, just as you promised. 23
119:76 May your loyal love console me,
as you promised your servant. 24
119:84 How long must your servant endure this? 25
When will you judge those who pursue me?
119:122 Guarantee the welfare of your servant! 26
Do not let the arrogant oppress me!
119:125 I am your servant. Give me insight,
so that I can understand 27 your rules.
132:10 For the sake of David, your servant,
do not reject your chosen king! 28
136:22 as an inheritance to Israel his servant,
for his loyal love endures,
143:2 Do not sit in judgment on 29 your servant,
for no one alive is innocent before you. 30
144:10 the one who delivers 31 kings,
and rescued David his servant from a deadly 32 sword.
1 tn Heb “moreover your servant is warned by them.”
2 tn Heb “in the keeping of them [there is] a great reward.”
3 tn Heb “do not hide your face from.” The Hebrew idiom “hide the face” can (1) mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
4 tn Or “quickly.”
5 tn Heb “my life.”
6 tn Heb “the soul of your servant.”
7 tn Heb “I lift up my soul.”
8 tn Heb “the son of your female servant.” The phrase “son of a female servant” (see also Ps 116:16) is used of a son born to a secondary wife or concubine (Exod 23:12). In some cases the child’s father is the master of the house (see Gen 21:10, 13; Judg 9:18). The use of the expression here certainly does not imply that the
9 tn The words “as king” are supplied in the translation for clarification, indicating that a royal anointing is in view.
10 tn The Hebrew verb appears only here and in Lam 2:7.
11 tn Heb “the covenant of your servant.”
12 tn Heb “you dishonor [or “desecrate”] on the ground his crown.”
13 tn After the reference to the famine in v. 16, v. 17 flashes back to events that preceded the famine (see Gen 37).
14 tn Or “for.”
15 tn Heb “his holy word.”
16 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a cohortative indicating purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
17 tn The cohortative with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the imperative that begins the verse.
18 tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew
19 tn Heb “though rulers sit, about me they talk together.” (For another example of the Niphal of דָּבַר (davar) used with a suffixed form of the preposition ב, see Ezek 33:30.)
20 tn Heb “word.”
21 tn Heb “which [is] for your fear,” that is, the promise made to those who exhibit fear of God.
22 tn Heb “do good.”
23 tn Heb “according to your word.”
24 tn Heb “according to your word to your servant.”
25 tn Heb “How long are the days of your servant?”
26 tn Heb “be surety for your servant for good.”
27 tn or “know.” The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
28 tn Heb “do not turn away the face of your anointed one.”
29 tn Heb “do not enter into judgment with.”
30 tn Heb “for no one living is innocent before you.”
31 tn Heb “grants deliverance to.”
32 tn Heb “harmful.”