Psalms 22:11

22:11 Do not remain far away from me,

for trouble is near and I have no one to help me. ¹ 

Psalms 22:19

22:19 But you, O Lord, do not remain far away!

You are my source of strength! ²  Hurry and help me! ³ 

Psalms 27:3

27:3 Even when an army is deployed against me,

I do not fear. ⁴ 

Even when war is imminent, ⁵ 

I remain confident. ⁶ 

Psalms 72:5

72:5 People will fear ⁷  you ⁸  as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky,

for generation after generation. ⁹ 

Psalms 80:4

80:4 O Lord God, invincible warrior! ¹⁰ 

How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? ¹¹ 

Psalms 89:46

89:46 How long, O Lord, will this last?

Will you remain hidden forever? ¹² 

Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

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¹ tn Heb “and there is no helper.”

² tn Heb “O my strength.”

³ tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

⁴ tn Heb “my heart does not fear.”

⁵ tn Heb “if war rises up against me.”

⁶ tn Heb “in this [i.e., “during this situation”] I am trusting.”

⁷ tn In this context “fear” probably means “to demonstrate respect for the Lord’s power and authority by worshiping him and obeying his commandments.” See Ps 33:8. Some interpreters, with the support of the LXX, prefer to read וְיַאֲרִיךְ (vÿ’a’arikh, “and he [the king in this case] will prolong [days]”), that is, “will live a long time” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

⁸ tn God is the addressee (see vv. 1-2).

⁹ tn Heb “with [the] sun, and before [the] moon [for] a generation, generations.” The rare expression דּוֹר דּוֹרִים (dor dorim, “generation, generations”) occurs only here, in Ps 102:24, and in Isa 51:8.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Lord, God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי (’elohey) before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot; “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. In this context the term “hosts” (meaning “armies”) has been rendered “invincible warrior.”

¹¹ tn Heb “How long will you remain angry during the prayer of your people.” Some take the preposition -בְּ (bet) in an adversative sense here (“at/against the prayer of your people”), but the temporal sense is preferable. The psalmist expects persistent prayer to pacify God.

¹² tn Heb “How long, O Lord, will hide yourself forever?”