¹ tn BDAG 271 s.v. ἐγείρω 3 has “raise, help to rise….Stretched out Ac 10:26.”

³ tn Heb “spreading out her hands.” The idea of asking or pleading for help is implicit in the figure.

¹ sn Psalm 113. The psalmist praises God as the sovereign king of the world who reaches down to help the needy.

¹ tn Here the psalmist refers back to the very recent past, when he began to pray for divine help.

¹ sn Psalm 61. The psalmist cries out for help and expresses his confidence that God will protect him.

¹ tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord [are] toward the godly, and his ears [are] toward their cry for help.”

³ tc Heb “and my cry for help before him came into his ears.” 2 Sam 22:7 has a shorter reading, “my cry for help, in his ears.” It is likely that Ps 18:6 MT as it now stands represents a conflation of two readings: (1) “my cry for help came before him,” (2) “my cry for help came into his ears.” See F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman, Studies in Ancient Yahwistic Poetry (SBLDS), 144, n. 13.

² tn Heb “there is not except you to help between many with regard to [the one] without strength.”

¹ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

¹ tn Heb “every prayer, every request for help which will be to all the people, to all your people Israel.”

¹ tn The name “Obed” means “one who serves,” perhaps anticipating how he would help Naomi (see v. 15).

¹ tn The line reads “you will cease to forsake him”—refrain from leaving your enemy without help.

¹ tn Or “I will help you speak.” The independent pronoun puts emphasis (“as for me”) on the subject (“I”).

¹ tn Grk “I call upon God as witness against my soul.” Normally this implies an appeal for help (L&N 33.176).

³ tn Possibly “ropes” or “cables”; Grk “helps” (a word of uncertain meaning; probably a nautical technical term, BDAG 180 s.v. βοήθεια 2).

⁵ sn Strengthen your brothers refers to Peter helping to strengthen their faith. Jesus quite graciously restores Peter “in advance,” even with the knowledge of his approaching denials.

² sn The verb come to help can refer to a visit, but can also connote concern or assistance (L&N 85.11).

⁴ tn This clause is understood as a contrast to the previous and adds “now” to help mark that contrast (cf. NJPS “Now they flee”).

¹ tn The phrase “for help” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

¹ tn Heb “But thus says the Lord about.” The words “just listen to what” are supplied in the translation to help show the connection with the preceding.