I am yours. Save me, for I have sought your precepts.
Parallel translations
- KJV I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
- BSB I am Yours; save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
- NKJV I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.
- NASB I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts.
- NLT I am yours; rescue me! For I have worked hard at obeying your commandments.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Zeph 3:17Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
- Acts 27:23–24For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,
- Ps 119:27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- Isa 64:8–10But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.
- Ps 86:2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
- Isa 44:2This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
- Isa 44:5One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s;’ and another will be called by the name of Jacob; and another will write with his hand ‘to Yahweh,’ and honor the name of Israel.”
- Ps 119:40Behold, I long for your precepts! Revive me in your righteousness. WAW
- Ps 119:173Let your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.
- Josh 10:4–6“Come up to me and help me. Let us strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
- Isa 41:8–10“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
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