You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
Parallel translations
- KJV This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.
- BSB O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.
- NKJV This You have seen, O Lord; Do not keep silence. O Lord, do not be far from me.
- NASB ¶You have seen it, Lord, do not keep silent; Lord, do not be far from me.
- NLT O Lord, you know all about this. Do not stay silent. Do not abandon me now, O Lord.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Exod 3:7Yahweh said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.
- Ps 10:1Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- Ps 28:1By David. To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
- Ps 38:21Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
- Ps 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.
- Isa 65:6“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom,
- Ps 22:11Don’t be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is no one to help.
- Ps 39:12“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
- Ps 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
- Ps 22:19But don’t be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.
- Ps 83:1A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
- Acts 7:34I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
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