² tn Or “request.”

² tn Heb “You have made difficult [your] request.”

² tn The imperatival form here expresses a request.

² sn The request of the apostles, “Increase our faith,” is not a request for a gift of faith, but a request to increase the depth of their faith.

¹ tn Heb “their prayer and their requests for help.”

¹ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

¹ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

¹ tn Heb “their prayer and their request for help.”

³ sn Have mercy on us is a request for healing. Implicit in the request is the assumption that Jesus had the power to heal them and restore their sight.

³ sn Agur requested an honest life (not deceitful) and a balanced life (not self-sufficient). The second request about his provision is clarified in v. 9.

² sn The writing tablet requested by Zechariah would have been a wax tablet.

¹ tn Another option is to translate the imperfect as a prayer/request (“may you bless”).

¹ sn The lions’ roaring is viewed as a request for food from God.

³ tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s request.

⁵ tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

¹ tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

⁴ tn The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

² tn Heb “and the request of his lips you do not refuse.”

³ tn The Hebrew text does not include the expression “these requests,” but it is implied.

¹ tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”