Psalms 34:11

34:11 Come children! Listen to me!

I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord. ¹ 

Psalms 45:10

45:10 Listen, O princess! ² 

Observe and pay attention! ³ 

Forget your homeland ⁴  and your family! ⁵ 

Psalms 54:2

54:2 O God, listen to my prayer!

Pay attention to what I say! ⁶ 

Psalms 84:8

84:8 O Lord, sovereign God, ⁷ 

hear my prayer!

Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)

Psalms 86:1

Psalm 86 ⁸ 

A prayer of David.

86:1 Listen ⁹  O Lord! Answer me!

For I am oppressed and needy.

Psalms 88:2

88:2 Listen to my prayer! ¹⁰ 

Pay attention ¹¹  to my cry for help!

Psalms 119:149

119:149 Listen to me ¹²  because of ¹³  your loyal love!

O Lord, revive me, as you typically do! ¹⁴ 

Psalms 119:169-170

ת (Tav)

119:169 Listen to my cry for help, ¹⁵  O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

119:170 Listen to my appeal for mercy! ¹⁶ 

Deliver me, as you promised. ¹⁷ 

Psalms 130:2

130:2 O Lord, listen to me! ¹⁸ 

Pay attention to ¹⁹  my plea for mercy!

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¹ tn Heb “the fear of the Lord I will teach you.” In vv. 13-14 the psalmist explains to his audience what it means to “fear” the Lord.

² tn Heb “daughter.” The Hebrew noun בת (“daughter”) can sometimes refer to a young woman in a general sense (see H. Haag, TDOT 2:334).

sn Listen, O princess. The poet now addresses the bride.

³ tn Heb “see and turn your ear.” The verb רָאָה (ra’ah, “see”) is used here of mental observation.

⁴ tn Heb “your people.” This reference to the “people” of the princess suggests she was a foreigner. Perhaps the marriage was arranged as part of a political alliance between Israel (or Judah) and a neighboring state. The translation “your homeland” reflects such a situation.

⁵ tn Heb “and the house of your father.”

⁶ tn Heb “to the words of my mouth.”

⁷ tn Heb “Lord, God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (tsÿva’ot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9) but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ’elohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת in Pss 59:5 and 80:4, 19 as well.

⁸ sn Psalm 86. The psalmist appeals to God’s mercy as he asks for deliverance from his enemies.

⁹ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.

¹¹ tn Heb “turn your ear.”

¹² tn Heb “my voice.”

¹³ tn Heb “according to.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “according to your custom.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “may my cry approach before you.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “may my appeal for mercy come before you.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “according to your speech.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “my voice.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”