You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
Parallel translations
- KJV LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
- BSB O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- NKJV Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.
- NASB Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- NLT Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
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- Ps 104:29You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
- 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 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Job 10:12You have granted me life and loving kindness. Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
- Ps 89:17For you are the glory of their strength. In your favor, our horn will be exalted.
- Ps 40:2He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand.
- Deut 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’
- 1 Chr 17:26–27Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.
- Ps 5:12For you will bless the righteous. Yahweh, you will surround him with favor as with a shield.
- Isa 38:17Behold, for peace I had great anguish, but you have in love for my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; for you have cast all my sins behind your back.
- Ps 10:1Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- Job 30:26–31When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Ps 13:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Ps 44:3For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.
- Ps 102:10Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
- Ps 18:35–36You have also given me the shield of your salvation. Your right hand sustains me. Your gentleness has made me great.
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