Psalms 25:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion. 2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand. 3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength. 5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour. 6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day. 7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy. 8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.
  • Ps 77:2-4 : 2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted. 3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.) 4 You keep my eyes from sleep; I am so troubled that no words come.
  • Ps 107:6 : 6 Then they sent up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gave them salvation out of all their troubles;
  • Hab 3:17-19 : 17 For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house: 18 Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation. 19 The Lord God is my strength, and he makes my feet like roes' feet, guiding me on my high places. For the chief music-maker on corded instruments.
  • 1 Cor 4:11-13 : 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place; 12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly; 13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; 9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

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

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

  • Lam 1:20-22
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 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;

  • 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;

  • 11 Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.

  • Ps 40:12-13
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    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.

  • 4 My heart is deeply wounded, and the fear of death has come on me.

  • 3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

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

  • 20 You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

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

  • 3 The nets of death were round me, and the pains of the underworld had me in their grip; I was full of trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 38:8-9
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    8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

    9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.

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

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

  • 5 I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place.

  • 2 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

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    1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

  • 19 Do not be far from me, O Lord: O my strength, come quickly to my help.

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

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

  • 20 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

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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.

  • Ps 69:17-18
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    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.

  • 28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.

  • 28 My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word

  • 22 Give Israel salvation, O God, out of all his troubles.

  • 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.

  • Ps 6:2-4
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    2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

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

  • 143 Pain and trouble have overcome me: but your teachings are my delight.

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

  • 4 Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • 19 He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.

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

  • 21 My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

  • 15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

  • 1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

  • 50 This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.

  • 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?

  • 2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

  • 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.