Psalms 40:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 70:5 : 5 But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 [When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
  • Ps 54:4 : 4 ¶ Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.
  • Ps 69:33 : 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
  • Ps 86:1 : 1 ¶ A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Ps 143:7-8 : 7 ¶ Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 ¶ He which testifieth these things saith, ‹Surely I come quickly.› Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • Isa 50:7-9 : 7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8 [He is] near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who [is] mine adversary? let him come near to me. 9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who [is] he [that] shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus saith unto him, ‹The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air› [have] ‹nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay› [his] ‹head.›
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.

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