Psalms 71:2

Deliver me in thy righteousness,.... By it, or "for the sake of [it]" q; Psalms 31:1;

and cause me to escape; present danger, and out of the hands of enemies, as well as wrath to come, and eternal death; which nothing but the righteousness of God can deliver from, or cause to escape;

incline thine ear unto me; or "bow it"; Psalms 31:2;

and save me; out of all troubles and afflictions, and from wicked and unreasonable men.

q בצדקתך "propter justitiam tuam", Pagninus, Piscator; so Schmidt.