A song. A Psalm by Asaph. God, don’t keep silent. Don’t keep silent, and don’t be still, God.
Parallel translations
- KJV Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
- BSB A song. A Psalm of Asaph. O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.
- NKJV Donot keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!
- NASB God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, God, do not be still.
- NLT O God, do not be silent! Do not be deaf. Do not be quiet, O God.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 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 35:22You have seen it, Yahweh. Don’t keep silent. Lord, don’t be far from me.
- Ps 50:3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
- Isa 42:14“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
- Ps 109:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. God of my praise, don’t remain silent,
- Ps 44:23Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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