Psalms 109:26

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Ps 119:86 : 86 All thy commandments are faithful: They persecute me wrongfully; Help thou me.
Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up {G5037} prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
Ps 57:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until [these] calamities be overpast.
Ps 69:13 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
Ps 69:16 : 16 Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 30:10
83%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 109:21
83%
21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
Ps 38:21-22
2 verses
81%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
Ps 31:16
81%
16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Ps 40:13
80%
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 6:4
80%
4Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Ps 119:41
80%
41VAV. Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Ps 9:13
79%
13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
Ps 70:1
78%
1For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of David; to bring to remembrance. [Make haste], O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 118:13
78%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
Ps 55:16
78%
16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
Ps 69:16
78%
16Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
Ps 54:1
78%
1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. Maschil of David; when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us? Save me, O God, by thy name, And judge me in thy might.
Ps 7:1
78%
1Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me,
Ps 22:19
78%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 20:9
78%
9Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.
Ps 27:9
78%
9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Ps 30:2
77%
2O Jehovah my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Ps 109:27
77%
27That they may know that this is thy hand; [That] thou, Jehovah, hast done it.
Ps 69:13
77%
13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
Ps 119:76
77%
76Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort, According to thy word unto thy servant.
Ps 116:4-6
3 verses
77%
4Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.
6Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
Ps 16:1
77%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.
Ps 71:12
77%
12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 86:2-3
2 verses
77%
2Preserve my soul; For I am godly: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3Be merciful unto me, O Lord; For unto thee do I cry all the day long.
Ps 118:25
77%
25Save now, we beseech thee, O Jehovah: O Jehovah, we beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Ps 25:16
77%
16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 119:146
77%
146I have called unto thee; Save me, And I shall observe thy testimonies.
Ps 35:24
76%
24Judge me, O Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness; And let them not rejoice over me.
Ps 71:2
76%
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
Ps 108:6
76%
6That thy beloved may be delivered, Save with thy right hand, and answer us.
Ps 143:11
76%
11Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Ps 40:11
76%
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Ps 88:1
76%
1A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
Ps 31:9
76%
9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Ps 57:3
76%
3He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {H5542} God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
Ps 86:16
76%
16Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
Ps 85:7
76%
7Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation.
Ps 27:7
76%
7Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Ps 51:1
76%
1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Ps 69:29
76%
29But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Ps 120:1
76%
1A Song of Ascents. In my distress I cried unto Jehovah, And he answered me.
Ps 17:7
76%
7Show thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them that take refuge [in thee] From those that rise up [against them].
Ps 70:5
76%
5But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Jer 17:14
76%
14Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
Ps 140:6
76%
6I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.