Mazmur 22:19

22:19 But you, O Lord, do not remain far away!

You are my source of strength! ¹  Hurry and help me! ² 

Mazmur 141:1

Psalm 141 ³ 

A psalm of David.

141:1 O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me!

Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

Mazmur 31:2

31:2 Listen to me! ⁴ 

Quickly deliver me!

Be my protector and refuge, ⁵ 

a stronghold where I can be safe! ⁶ 

Mazmur 102:2

102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! ⁷ 

Listen to me! ⁸ 

When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

Mazmur 143:7

143:7 Answer me quickly, Lord!

My strength is fading. ⁹ 

Do not reject me, ¹⁰ 

or I will join ¹¹  those descending into the grave. ¹² 

[22:19]  ¹ tn Heb “O my strength.”

[22:19]  ² tn Heb “hurry to my help.”

[141:1]  ³ sn Psalm 141. The psalmist asks God to protect him from sin and from sinful men.

[31:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[31:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “become for me a rocky summit of refuge.”

[31:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “a house of strongholds to deliver me.”

[102:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).

[102:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[143:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “my spirit is failing.”

[143:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” (1) can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or (2) can carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[143:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

[143:7]  ¹² tn Heb “the pit.” The Hebrew noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit; cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead. See Ps 28:1.