Psalms 143:7

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“Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.”

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“Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down <FI>to<Fi> the pit.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 143:7 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
  2. Psalms 22:24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
  3. Psalms 27:9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
  4. Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
  5. Psalms 40:12For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
  6. Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
  7. Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
  8. Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
  9. Psalms 69:18Draw near to my soul and redeem me; ransom me because of my foes.
  10. Psalms 70:5But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
  11. Psalms 71:12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.
  12. Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  13. Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
  14. Psalms 88:10Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
  15. Psalms 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
  16. Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
  17. Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
  18. Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  19. Isaiah 57:16For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
  20. Luke 21:26Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

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