As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me.
Parallel translations
- KJV As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
- BSB But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
- NKJV As for me, I will call upon God, And the Lord shall save me.
- NASB ¶As for me, I shall call upon God, And the Lord will save me.
- NLT But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Luke 6:11–12But they were filled with rage, and talked with one another about what they might do to Jesus.
- Ps 73:28But it is good for me to come close to God. I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.
- Ps 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Ps 109:4In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer.
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