Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
Parallel translations
- WEB A Song of Ascents. Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
- BSB A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
- NKJV Lord, remember David And all his afflictions;
- NASB Remember, Lord, in David’s behalf, All his affliction;
- NLT Lord, remember David and all that he suffered.
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Quick answer
The psalmist asks God to remember David and all his hardships. It appeals to God's faithfulness on the basis of His covenant with David.
Overview
This Song of Ascents pleads with Yahweh to remember David and the affliction he endured, especially in his desire to house the ark. The prayer leans on God's covenant promises to David. It ultimately points to David's greater Son, Christ, in whom the Davidic covenant finds fulfillment.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Ps 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
- Ps 129:1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
- Lam 5:1Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
- Lam 3:19Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
- Ps 125:1They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
- Ps 121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- Gen 8:1And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
- Ps 126:1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
- Ps 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Ps 130:1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
- Exod 2:24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
- Ps 131:1Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
- Ps 127:1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- 1 Sam 18:1–30And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
- 2 Sam 15:1–20And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
- Ps 25:6–7Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
- Ps 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
- Ps 123:1Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
- Ps 124:1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
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