25:2 My God, I trust in you.
Please do not let me be humiliated;
do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me!
For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. 2
70:1 O God, please be willing to rescue me! 3
O Lord, hurry and help me! 4
102:24 I say, “O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! 5
You endure through all generations. 6
1 sn Psalm 70. This psalm is almost identical to Ps 40:13-17. The psalmist asks for God’s help and for divine retribution against his enemies.
2 tn Heb “to cause to remember.” The same form, a Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the superscription of Ps 38. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).
3 tn Heb “O God, to rescue me.” A main verb is obviously missing. The verb רָצָה (ratsah, “be willing”) should be supplied (see Ps 40:13). Ps 40:13 uses the divine name “
4 tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.
5 tn Heb “do not lift me up in the middle of my days.”
6 tn Heb “in a generation of generations [are] your years.”