A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
Parallel translations
- KJV Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
- BSB A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
- NKJV Lord, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
- NASB Lord, I call upon You; hurry to me! Listen to my voice when I call to You!
- NLT O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry! Listen when I cry to you for help!
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 70:5But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.
- Ps 40:13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
- Ps 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
- Ps 143:7Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.
- Ps 69:17–18Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
- Ps 22:19But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.
- Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.”
- Ps 143:1A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
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Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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