34:6 This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard;
he saved him 1 from all his troubles.
34:17 The godly 2 cry out and the Lord hears;
he saves them from all their troubles. 3
88:3 For my life 4 is filled with troubles
and I am ready to enter Sheol. 5
107:6 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:13 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:19 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
107:28 They cried out to the Lord in their distress;
he delivered them from their troubles.
142:2 I pour out my lament before him;
I tell him about 6 my troubles.
1 tn The pronoun refers back to “this oppressed man,” namely, the psalmist.
2 tn Heb “they” (i.e., the godly mentioned in v. 15).
3 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).
4 tn Or “my soul.”
5 tn Heb “and my life approaches Sheol.”
6 tn Heb “my trouble before him I declare.”