Keluaran 22:27

22:27 for it is his only covering – it is his garment for his body. ¹  What else can he sleep in? ²  And ³  when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious.

Mazmur 86:5

86:5 Certainly ⁴  O Lord, you are kind ⁵  and forgiving,

and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you.

Mazmur 86:15

86:15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God.

You are patient ⁶  and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness. ⁷ 

[22:27]  ¹ tn Heb “his skin.”

[22:27]  ² tn Literally the text reads, “In what can he lie down?” The cloak would be used for a covering at night to use when sleeping. The garment, then, was the property that could not be taken and not given back – it was the last possession. The modern idiom of “the shirt off his back” gets at the point being made here.

[22:27]  ³ tn Heb “and it will be.”

[86:5]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[86:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “good.”

[86:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “slow to anger.”

[86:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and great of loyal love and faithfulness.”

[86:15]  sn The psalmist’s confession of faith in this verse echoes Exod 34:6.