I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
Parallel translations
- WEB I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
- KJV I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
- NKJV I sought the Lord, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.
- NASB ¶I sought the Lord and He answered me, And rescued me from all my fears.
- NLT I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears.
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Quick answer
David sought the Lord, who answered him and delivered him from all his fears.
Overview
David testifies that seeking God brought a real answer and freedom from fear. Prayer met with deliverance is the heart of his thanksgiving. This pattern of seeking and being answered is fulfilled in Christ, through whom we draw near to God with confidence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- Ps 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- Matt 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Ps 116:1–6I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
- Ps 56:3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- 2 Tim 1:7For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
- Ps 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
- Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
- Ps 27:1–2Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
- Luke 11:9So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- 2 Cor 12:8–9Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- Ps 22:24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
- Ps 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- 2 Chr 15:2So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.
- Ps 77:1–2For the choirmaster. According to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to God; I cried aloud to God to hear me.
- 2 Cor 7:5–6For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- 1 Sam 27:1David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”
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