72:13 He will take pity 1 on the poor and needy;
the lives of the needy he will save.
90:13 Turn back toward us, O Lord!
How long must this suffering last? 2
Have pity on your servants! 3
1 tn The prefixed verb form is best understood as a defectively written imperfect (see Deut 7:16).
2 tn Heb “Return, O
3 tn Elsewhere the Niphal of נָחַם (nakham) + the preposition עַל (’al) + a personal object has the nuance “be comforted concerning [the personal object’s death]” (see 2 Sam 13:39; Jer 31:15). However, here the context seems to demand “feel sorrow for,” “have pity on.” In Deut 32:36 and Ps 135:14, where “servants” is also the object of the preposition, this idea is expressed with the Hitpael form of the verb.