69:13 O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! 1
O God, because of your great loyal love,
answer me with your faithful deliverance! 2
40:16 May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you!
May those who love to experience 3 your deliverance say continually, 4
“May the Lord be praised!” 5
1 tn Heb “as for me, [may] my prayer be to you, O
2 tn Heb “O God, in the abundance of your loyal love, answer me in the faithfulness of your deliverance.”
3 tn Heb “those who love,” which stands metonymically for its cause, the experience of being delivered by the
4 tn The three prefixed verbal forms prior to the quotation are understood as jussives. The psalmist balances out his imprecation against his enemies with a prayer of blessing upon the godly.
5 tn The prefixed verbal form is taken as a jussive, “may the