Psalms 25:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Be turned to me, and have mercy on me; for I am troubled and have no helper.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 86:16 : 16 O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.
  • Dan 9:17 : 17 And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord.
  • Mic 7:19 : 19 He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
  • Mark 15:33-35 : 33 And when the sixth hour had come, it was dark over all the land till the ninth hour. 34 And at the ninth hour, Jesus said in a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? 35 And some of those who were near, hearing it, said, See, he is crying to Elijah.
  • Ps 88:15-18 : 15 I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength. 16 The heat of your wrath has gone over me; I am broken by your cruel punishments. 17 They are round me all the day like water; they have made a circle about me. 18 You have sent my friends and lovers far from me; I am gone from the memory of those who are dear to me.
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David. For teaching. When he was fighting against Aram-naharaim and Aramzobah, when Joab came back, and put twelve thousand of the Edomites to death, in the Valley of Salt.> God, you have put us away from you, you have sent us in all directions, you have been angry; O be turned to us again.
  • Ps 69:14-20 : 14 Take me from the grip of the sticky earth, so that I may not go down into it; let me be lifted up from the deep waters. 15 Let me not be covered by the flowing waters; let not the deep waters go over my head, and let me not be shut up in the underworld. 16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity. 17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer. 18 Come near to my soul, for its salvation: be my saviour, because of those who are against me. 19 You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you. 20 My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 25:17-18
    2 verses
    83%

    17 The troubles of my heart are increased: O take me out of my sorrows.

    18 Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

  • 9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

  • 10 Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.

  • Ps 69:16-17
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    80%

    16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

    17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

  • Ps 109:21-22
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    78%

    21 But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

    22 For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

  • 13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • 16 O be turned to me and have mercy on me: give your strength to your servant, and your salvation to the son of her who is your servant.

  • 15 My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

  • Lam 1:20-22
    3 verses
    78%

    20 See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • 132 Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

  • 77%

    2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

  • 7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

  • 16 Let your servant see the light of your face; in your mercy be my saviour.

  • Ps 27:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

    8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

  • 26 Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

  • 22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

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    4 Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

  • Ps 40:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

    13 Be pleased, O Lord, to take me out of danger; O Lord, come quickly and give me help.

  • 6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

  • 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • 8 But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

  • 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.

  • 2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;

  • 16 But now my soul is turned to water in me, days of trouble overtake me:

  • 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

  • 4 Looking to my right side, I saw no man who was my friend: I had no safe place; no one had any care for my soul.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

  • 8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

  • 21 Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

  • 58 I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said.

  • 9 My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

  • 6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

  • 11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near; there is no one to give help.

  • 11 By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

  • 16 For these things I am weeping; my eye is streaming with water; because the comforter who might give me new life is far from me: my children are made waste, because the hater is strong.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

  • 76 Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

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    1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

  • 17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

  • 7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.