Discovery BoxPsalms 69:13 
Context69:13 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
Psalms 70:1
ContextFor the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. 4
70:1 O God, please be willing to rescue me! 5
O Lord, hurry and help me! 6
Psalms 70:5
Context70:5 I am oppressed and needy! 7
O God, hurry to me! 8
You are my helper and my deliverer!
O Lord, 9 do not delay!
Psalms 71:19
Context71:19 Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; 10
you have done great things. 11
O God, who can compare to you? 12
Psalms 83:1
ContextA song, a psalm of Asaph.
83:1 O God, do not be silent!
Do not ignore us! 14 Do not be inactive, O God!
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 sn Psalm 70. This psalm is almost identical to Ps 40:13-17. The psalmist asks for God’s help and for divine retribution against his enemies.
4 tn Heb “to cause to remember.” The same form, a Hiphil infinitive of זָכַר (zakhar, “remember”), also appears in the superscription of Ps 38. Some understand this in the sense of “for the memorial offering,” but it may carry the idea of bringing one’s plight to God’s attention (see P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 [WBC], 303).
5 tn Heb “O God, to rescue me.” A main verb is obviously missing. The verb רָצָה (ratsah, “be willing”) should be supplied (see Ps 40:13). Ps 40:13 uses the divine name “
6 tn Heb “hurry to my help.” See Pss 22:19; 38:22.
7 sn See Pss 35:10; 37:14.
8 tn Ps 40:17 has “may the Lord pay attention to me.”
9 tn Ps 40:17 has “my God” instead of “
10 tn Heb “your justice, O God, [is] unto the height.” The Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “height”) is here a title for the sky/heavens.
sn Extends to the skies above. Similar statements are made in Pss 36:5 and 57:10.
11 tn Heb “you who have done great things.”
12 tn Or “Who is like you?”
13 sn Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated.
14 tn Heb “do not be deaf.”
