The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.
Parallel translations
- WEB The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
- KJV The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
- BSB The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
- NKJV The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses!
- NASB The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses.
- NLT My problems go from bad to worse. Oh, save me from them all!
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Quick answer
David's inner troubles have multiplied, and he begs God to bring him out of his distresses. He appeals for relief from overwhelming anguish.
Overview
David acknowledges that the troubles of his heart have grown large and asks God to lead him out of his distress. The verse honestly voices the weight of inward affliction while still turning to God as the only deliverer. Believers may bring their enlarged troubles to the Lord, who in Christ invites the heavy-laden to find rest.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 107:6Then they cried to Yahweh in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses,
- 2 Cor 4:8–9We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
- Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
- Hab 3:17–19For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
- Ps 42:7Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
- Ps 77:2–4In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
- 1 Cor 4:11–13Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.
- Ps 38:1–8A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
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