Mazmur 57:2

57:2 I cry out for help to the sovereign God, ¹ 

to the God who vindicates ²  me.

Mazmur 78:35

78:35 They remembered that God was their protector, ³ 

and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. ⁴ 

[57:2]  ¹ tn Heb “to God Most High.” The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.

[57:2]  ² tn Or “avenges in favor of.”

[78:35]  ³ tn Heb “my high rocky summit.”

[78:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “and [that] God Most High [was] their redeemer.”