30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me!
O Lord, deliver me!” 1
38:15 Yet 2 I wait for you, O Lord!
You will respond, O Lord, my God!
40:13 Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me!
O Lord, hurry and help me! 3
58:6 O God, break the teeth in their mouths!
Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord!
84:8 O Lord, sovereign God, 4
hear my prayer!
Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
89:8 O Lord, sovereign God! 5
Who is strong like you, O Lord?
Your faithfulness surrounds you.
94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges!
O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! 7
114:5 Why do you flee, O sea?
Why do you turn back, O Jordan River?
114:6 Why do you skip like rams, O mountains,
like lambs, O hills?
135:19 O family 8 of Israel, praise the Lord!
O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!
148:8 O fire and hail, snow and clouds, 9
O stormy wind that carries out his orders, 10
1 tn Heb “be a helper to me.”
2 tn Or perhaps “surely.”
3 tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.
4 tn Heb “
5 tn Traditionally “God of hosts.” The title here pictures the
6 sn Psalm 94. The psalmist asks God to judge the wicked and affirms his confidence in God’s justice.
7 tn Heb “shine forth” (see Pss 50:2; 80:1).
8 tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).
9 tn In Ps 119:83 the noun refers to “smoke,” but here, where the elements of nature are addressed, the clouds, which resemble smoke, are probably in view.
10 tn Heb “[that] does his word.”