Mazmur 28:1

Psalm 28 ¹ 

By David.

28:1 To you, O Lord, I cry out!

My protector, ²  do not ignore me! ³ 

If you do not respond to me, ⁴ 

I will join ⁵  those who are descending into the grave. ⁶ 

Mazmur 35:22-23

35:22 But you take notice, ⁷  Lord!

O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

35:23 Rouse yourself, wake up ⁸  and vindicate me! ⁹ 

My God and Lord, defend my just cause! ¹⁰ 

Mazmur 83:1

Psalm 83 ¹¹ 

A song, a psalm of Asaph.

83:1 O God, do not be silent!

Do not ignore us! ¹²  Do not be inactive, O God!

Yesaya 42:14

42:14 “I have been inactive ¹³  for a long time;

I kept quiet and held back.

Like a woman in labor I groan;

I pant and gasp. ¹⁴ 

[28:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 28. The author looks to the Lord for vindication, asks that the wicked be repaid in full for their evil deeds, and affirms his confidence that the Lord will protect his own.

[28:1]  ² tn Heb “my rocky summit.” The Lord is compared to a rocky summit where one can find protection from enemies. See Ps 18:2.

[28:1]  ³ tn Heb “do not be deaf from me.”

[28:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “lest [if] you are silent from me.”

[28:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will be equal with.”

[28:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “the pit.” The noun בּוֹר (bor, “pit, cistern”) is sometimes used of the grave and/or the realm of the dead.

[35:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “you see, O Lord.” There is a deliberate play on words. In v. 21 the enemies say, “our eye sees,” but the psalmist is confident that the Lord “sees” as well, so he appeals to him for help (see also v. 17).

[35:23]  ⁸ sn Though he is confident that the Lord is aware of his situation (see v. 22a), the psalmist compares the Lord’s inactivity to sleep and urges him to wake up.

[35:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “for my justice.”

[35:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for my cause.”

[83:1]  ¹¹ sn Psalm 83. The psalmist asks God to deliver Israel from the attacks of foreign nations. Recalling how God defeated Israel’s enemies in the days of Deborah and Gideon, he prays that the hostile nations would be humiliated.

[83:1]  ¹² tn Heb “do not be deaf.”

[42:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “silent” (so NASB, NIV, TEV, NLT); CEV “have held my temper.”

[42:14]  ¹⁴ sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack.