Psalms 143:7

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Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

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  • Ps 69:17 : 17 Answer me, LORD, because your steadfast love is good; in your abundant compassion, turn to me.
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not leave me or abandon me, my God of salvation.
  • Ps 28:1 : 1 To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.
  • Ps 40:12-13 : 12 LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; may Your love and truth always protect me. 13 For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, 'The LORD be magnified!'
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am sinking in deep mire where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, and the current has overwhelmed me.
  • Ps 13:1-4 : 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David. 2 How long, Lord, will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 3 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and have sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 4 Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 You who fear the LORD, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!
  • Ps 70:5 : 5 Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation always declare, "God is great!"
  • Ps 71:12 : 12 God, do not be far from me; my God, come quickly to help me.
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!
  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 5 I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like a man without strength. 6 Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care.
  • Ps 88:10-11 : 10 My eyes are wasted from sorrow; I call upon you, LORD, every day; I stretch out my hands to you. 11 Do you work wonders for the dead? Do the departed rise up to praise you? Selah.
  • Ps 102:2 : 2 LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 I will not accuse forever, nor will I always be angry, for then the spirit would faint before me—the breath of life that I created.
  • Luke 21:26 : 26 People will faint from fear and the expectation of what is coming upon the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 28:1
    82%

    1To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 69:17
    81%

    17Answer me, LORD, because your steadfast love is good; in your abundant compassion, turn to me.

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1A prayer of an afflicted person, when they are overwhelmed and pour out their complaint before the LORD.

    2LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.

  • Ps 141:1
    79%

    1A psalm of David. LORD, I call to You; hurry to me. Hear my voice when I cry out to You.

  • Ps 143:6
    79%

    6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah.

  • Ps 70:1
    78%

    1For the director of music, a psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

  • Ps 143:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8Let me hear of your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Teach me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

    9Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I seek refuge in you.

  • Ps 27:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7Hear my voice, Lord, when I call. Be gracious to me and answer me.

    8My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.

    9Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help; do not leave me or abandon me, my God of salvation.

  • Ps 88:14
    78%

    14But I, LORD, cry to you for help; in the morning, my prayer comes before you.

  • Ps 40:13
    77%

    13For troubles without number have surrounded me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me.

  • Ps 143:11
    77%

    11For the sake of your name, Lord, preserve my life. In your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

  • Ps 13:1
    77%

    1For the director of music, a psalm of David.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1A song of ascents. From the depths I call to You, LORD.

    2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

  • Ps 31:2
    75%

    2In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, deliver me!

  • Ps 30:3
    75%

    3O LORD, my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

  • Ps 38:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Those who repay evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good.

    22Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me!

  • Ps 88:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry.

    4For my soul is filled with troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

  • Ps 38:10
    75%

    10O Lord, all my desires are before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.

  • Ps 30:10
    75%

    10What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

  • Ps 31:9
    75%

    9You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place.

  • Ps 22:19
    75%

    19They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

  • Ps 119:25
    75%

    25My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to Your word.

  • Ps 13:3
    74%

    3How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and have sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

  • Job 14:13
    74%

    13If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Ps 71:12
    74%

    12God, do not be far from me; my God, come quickly to help me.

  • Ps 39:13
    74%

    13Hear my prayer, LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent to my tears, for I am a sojourner with You, a temporary resident like all my fathers.

  • Ps 142:6
    74%

    6I cry to You, LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'

  • Ps 25:16
    74%

    16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

  • Lam 3:56
    74%

    56You heard my plea: 'Do not close Your ear to my cry for relief.'

  • Ps 70:5
    74%

    5Let all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation always declare, "God is great!"

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • Ps 9:13
    74%

    13For he who avenges blood remembers them; he does not ignore the cries of the afflicted.

  • Ps 55:1
    74%

    1To the chief musician, accompanied by stringed instruments, a contemplative psalm of David.

  • Ps 141:8
    74%

    8But my eyes are fixed on You, LORD, my Lord. In You I take refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.

  • Job 17:1
    74%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

  • Ps 22:15
    73%

    15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

  • Jonah 2:7
    73%

    7To the roots of the mountains, I descended. The earth beneath barred me in forever, but You brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.

  • Ps 116:4
    73%

    4Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!'

  • Ps 6:4
    73%

    4My soul is greatly troubled. But You, LORD—how long?

  • Ps 142:3
    73%

    3I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my troubles to Him.

  • Ps 88:6
    73%

    6Abandoned among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, cut off from your care.