Mazmur 71:1-2
Konteks71:1 In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter!
Never let me be humiliated!
71:2 Vindicate me by rescuing me! 2
Mazmur 71:18
Konteks71:18 Even when I am old and gray, 5
O God, do not abandon me,
until I tell the next generation about your strength,
and those coming after me about your power. 6
[71:1] 1 sn Psalm 71. The psalmist prays for divine intervention and expresses his confidence that God will protect and vindicate him. The first three verses are very similar to Ps 31:1-3a.
[71:2] 2 tn Heb “in your vindication rescue me and deliver me.” Ps 31:1 omits “and deliver me.”
[71:2] 3 tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”
[71:2] 4 tn Ps 31:2 adds “quickly” before “deliver.”
[71:18] 5 tn Heb “and even unto old age and gray hair.”
[71:18] 6 tn Heb “until I declare your arm to a generation, to everyone who comes your power.” God’s “arm” here is an anthropomorphism that symbolizes his great strength.
