Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his loving kindness from me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
- BSB Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
- ESV Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
- NKJV Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me!
- NASB Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His favor from me.
- NLT Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer or withdraw his unfailing love from me.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 86:12–13I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
- Ps 68:35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
- Ps 51:11Don’t throw me from your presence, and don’t take your holy Spirit from me.
- 2 Sam 7:14–15I will be his father, and he will be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;
- 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.
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