27:7 Hear me, 1 O Lord, when I cry out!
Have mercy on me and answer me!
34:15 The Lord pays attention to the godly
and hears their cry for help. 2
34:17 The godly 3 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 4
57:2 I cry out for help to the sovereign God, 5
to the God who vindicates 6 me.
86:3 Have mercy on me, 7 O Lord,
for I cry out to you all day long!
86:7 In my time of trouble I cry out to you,
for you will answer me.
88:2 Listen to my prayer! 8
Pay attention 9 to my cry for help!
106:44 Yet he took notice of their distress,
when he heard their cry for help.
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119:169 Listen to my cry for help, 10 O Lord!
Give me insight by your word!
A song of ascents. 12
130:1 From the deep water 13 I cry out to you, O Lord.
1 tn Heb “my voice.”
2 tn Heb “the eyes of the
3 tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).
4 tn The three perfect verbal forms are taken in a generalizing sense in v. 17 and translated with the present tense (note the generalizing mood of vv. 18-22).
5 tn Heb “to God Most High.” The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.
6 tn Or “avenges in favor of.”
7 tn Or “show me favor.”
8 tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.
9 tn Heb “turn your ear.”
10 tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”
11 sn Psalm 130. The psalmist, confident of the Lord’s forgiveness, cries out to the Lord for help in the midst of his suffering and urges Israel to do the same.
12 sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.
13 tn Heb “depths,” that is, deep waters (see Ps 69:2, 14; Isa 51:10), a metaphor for the life-threatening danger faced by the psalmist.