I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Parallel translations
- KJV I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
- BSB I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He 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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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.
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Cross-references · 18
- Ps 18:6In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
- Matt 7:7“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
- Ps 116:1–6I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- Ps 56:3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
- 2 Tim 1:7For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Jonah 2:2He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
- Ps 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
- Heb 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
- Ps 27:1–2By David. Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Luke 11:9“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
- 2 Cor 12:8–9Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
- Ps 22:24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard.
- Ps 46:2Therefore we won’t be afraid, though the earth changes, though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
- 2 Chr 15:2and he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin! Yahweh is with you, while you are with him; and if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
- Ps 77:1–2For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.
- 2 Cor 7:5–6For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside.
- 1 Sam 27:1David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”
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