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

² tn Heb “a ringing cry and a prayer.” The two nouns form a hendiadys meaning a prayer in the form of a ringing cry.

¹ tn The words “in prayer” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the psalmist is referring to a posture of prayer.

⁴ tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 122:8 for a similar prayer for peace).

¹ tn Heb “may my prayer come before you.” The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive, indicating the psalmist’s desire or prayer.

¹ sn The following two verses (vv. 9-10) contain the prayer (or an excerpt of the prayer) that the psalmist offered to the Lord during his crisis.

² tn Grk “he prayed with prayer” (using a Hebrew idiom to show intensity).

¹ tn Grk “who wants…” (but showing why such prayer is pleasing to God).

³ tn Grk “at the ninth hour.” Again, this is the hour of afternoon prayer.

¹ sn Who prayed. The prayer indicates their acceptance and commissioning for ministry (cf. Deut 34:9).

² tn Grk “prayers.” This word was translated as a collective singular in keeping with English style.

⁴ sn This is the only time all night prayer is mentioned in the NT.

⁴ tn Grk “and offer prayers,” but this idiom (δέησις + ποιέω) is often simply a circumlocution for praying.

² tn Tg. Jonah 2:2 renders this interpretively: “and he heard my prayer.”

¹ tn Heb “hear.” Here the verb refers to hearing favorably, accepting the prayer and responding positively.

⁴ sn Lifting up the palms or hands is a metaphor for prayer.

² tn Heb “for my house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

³ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

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

¹ tn The two imperfect verbal forms in v. 15 express the psalmist’s wish or prayer.