Psalms 38:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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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.

Word-for-word

5/5

Readability

2/5

💎 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.

✅ Strengths

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 27:1 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Jehovah is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?
Ps 40:13 : 13 Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Ps 62:2 : 2 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be greatly moved.
Ps 62:6 : 6 He only is my rock and my salvation: [He is] my high tower; I shall not be moved.
Ps 70:1 : 1 For 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 70:5 : 5 But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Ps 71:12 : 12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 141:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; Make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is my strength and song; and he is become my salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

Ps 70:1
86%
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 40:13
85%
13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
Ps 22:19
84%
19But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
Ps 71:12
83%
12O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
Ps 38:21
82%
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 70:5
82%
5But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
Ps 109:26
81%
26Help me, O Jehovah my God; Oh save me according to thy lovingkindness:
Ps 40:17
79%
17But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
Ps 141:1
79%
1A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; Make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
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 30:10
78%
10Hear, O Jehovah, and have mercy upon me: Jehovah, be thou my helper.
Ps 20:9
77%
9Save, Jehovah: Let the King answer us when we call.
Ps 69:17-18
2 verses
76%
17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: Ransom me because of mine enemies.
Ps 22:11
76%
11Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.
Ps 37:40
76%
40And Jehovah helpeth them, and rescueth them; He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him.
Ps 143:7
75%
7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Ps 31:2
75%
2Bow down thine ear unto me; Deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
Ps 31:22
75%
22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 143:11
75%
11Quicken me, O Jehovah, for thy name's sake: In thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
Ps 88:1
74%
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 71:2-3
2 verses
74%
2Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me: Bow down thine ear unto me, and save me.
3Be thou to me a rock of habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: Thou hast given commandment to save me; For thou art my rock and my fortress.
Ps 119:41
74%
41VAV. Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Ps 6:4
74%
4Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Ps 39:13
74%
13Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go hence, and be no more.
Ps 55:16
74%
16As for me, I will call upon God; And Jehovah will save me.
Ps 118:13-14
2 verses
74%
13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
14Jehovah is my strength and song; And he is become my salvation.
Ps 118:25
74%
25Save now, we beseech thee, O Jehovah: O Jehovah, we beseech thee, send now prosperity.
Ps 35:3
74%
3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that pursue me: Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Ps 69:29
74%
29But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Ps 143:9
73%
9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Ps 31:15-16
2 verses
73%
15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: Save me in thy lovingkindness.
Ps 22:1
73%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
Ps 44:26
73%
26Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
Ps 38:15
73%
15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Ps 16:1
73%
1Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God; For in thee do I take refuge.
Ps 119:154
73%
154Plead thou my cause, and redeem me: Quicken me according to thy word.
Ps 25:16
73%
16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
Ps 69:13
73%
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 7:1
73%
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 69:1
73%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Shoshannim, [A Psalm] of David. Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.
Ps 109:21
73%
21But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;
Ps 40:11
73%
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
2 Sam 22:3
72%
3God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
Ps 54:1
72%
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 18:2
72%
2Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Ps 35:22
72%
22Thou hast seen it, O Jehovah; Keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.