¹ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

² tn Or “[source of] help.”

³ sn See Pss 35:10; 37:14.

⁴ tn The prefixed verbal form may be taken as a jussive of prayer (as in the present translation; cf. NIV) or as an imperfect, “The Lord will pay attention to me” (cf. NRSV). The parallel in Ps 70:5 has, “O God, hurry to me!” For this reason some prefer to emend יַחֲשָׁב (yakhashav, “may he pay attention”) to חוּשָׁה (khushah, “hurry!”). The syntax of the Hebrew text is awkward; elsewhere when the Qal of חָשַׁב (khashav, “reckon; consider”) is collocated with the preposition -ל (lamed) and a pronominal suffix there is an accompanying direct object or additional prepositional phrase/adverbial accusative (see Gen 15:6; 2 Sam 19:19; Job 13:24; 19:11; 33:10; Pss 32:2; 41:7; Amos 6:5).

⁵ sn See Pss 35:10; 37:14.

⁶ tn Ps 40:17 has “may the Lord pay attention to me.”

⁷ tn Ps 40:17 has “my God” instead of “Lord.”

⁸ tn Heb “the glory of your name.” Here and in the following line “name” stands metonymically for God’s reputation.

⁹ tn Heb “your name.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “my loyal love,” which is probably an abbreviated form of “the God of my loyal love” (see Ps 59:10, 17).

¹¹ tn Or “my elevated place.”

¹² tn Heb “the one who subdues nations beneath me.”