Mazmur 88:9

88:9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression.

I call out to you, O Lord, all day long;

I spread out my hands in prayer to you. ¹ 

Mazmur 38:12

38:12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; ² 

those who want to harm me speak destructive words;

all day long they say deceitful things.

[88:9]  ¹ tn Heb “I spread out my hands to you.” Spreading out the hands toward God was a prayer gesture (see Exod 9:29, 33; 1 Kgs 8:22, 38; 2 Chr 6:12-13, 29; Ezra 9:15; Job 11:13; Isa 1:15). The words “in prayer” have been supplied in the translation to clarify this.

[38:12]  ² tn Heb “lay snares.”