Discovery BoxPsalms 140:6 
Context140:6 I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”
O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
Psalms 28:2
Context28:2 Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help,
when I lift my hands 1 toward your holy temple! 2
Psalms 31:22
Context31:22 I jumped to conclusions and said, 3
“I am cut off from your presence!” 4
But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
Psalms 143:1
ContextA psalm of David.
143:1 O Lord, hear my prayer!
Pay attention to my plea for help!
Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!
1 sn I lift my hands. Lifting one’s hands toward God was a gesture of prayer.
2 tn The Hebrew term דְּבִיר (dÿvir, “temple”) actually refers to the most holy place within the sanctuary.
3 tn Heb “and I, I said in my haste.”
4 tn Heb “from before your eyes.”
5 sn Psalm 143. As in the previous psalm, the psalmist laments his persecuted state and asks the Lord to deliver him from his enemies.
