6:4 Relent, Lord, rescue me! 1
Deliver me because of your faithfulness! 2
31:16 Smile 3 on your servant!
Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
1 tn Heb “my being,” or “my life.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.
2 sn Deliver me because of your faithfulness. Though the psalmist is experiencing divine discipline, he realizes that God has made a commitment to him in the past, so he appeals to God’s faithfulness in his request for help.
3 tn Heb “cause your face to shine.”