Discovery BoxPsalms 22:5 
Context22:5 To you they cried out, and they were saved;
in you they trusted and they were not disappointed. 1
Psalms 119:145
Contextק (Qof)
119:145 I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord!
I will observe your statutes.”
Psalms 120:1
ContextA song of ascents. 3
120:1 In my distress I cried out
to the Lord and he answered me.
1 tn Or “were not ashamed.”
2 sn Psalm 120. The genre and structure of this psalm are uncertain. It begins like a thanksgiving psalm, with a brief notice that God has heard the psalmist’s prayer for help and has intervened. But v. 2 is a petition for help, followed by a taunt directed toward enemies (vv. 3-4) and a lament (vv. 5-7). Perhaps vv. 2-7 recall the psalmist’s prayer when he cried out to the Lord.
3 sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.
