Psalms 143:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Make haste{H4118} to answer{H6030} me, O Jehovah;{H3068} My spirit{H7307} faileth:{H3615} Hide{H5641} not thy face{H6440} from me, Lest I become like{H4911} them that go down{H3381} into the pit.{H953}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Hear{H6030}{(H8798)} me speedily{H4118}, O LORD{H3068}: my spirit{H7307} faileth{H3615}{(H8804)}: hide{H5641}{(H8686)} not thy face{H6440} from me, lest I be like{H4911}{(H8738)} unto them that go down{H3381}{(H8802)} into the pit{H953}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Sela. Heare me (o LORDE) and that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte: hyde not yi face fro me, lest I be like vnto the that go downe in to the graue.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Heare me speedily, O Lorde, for my spirit fayleth: hide not thy face from me, els I shall be like vnto them that go downe into the pit.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Make speede, hearken vnto me O God, my spirite waxeth faynt: hyde not thy face from me, for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, So that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down `to' the pit.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Make 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Make 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:17 : 17 And do not hide your face from your servant; for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.
  • 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 nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
  • Ps 28:1 : 1 To you I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.
  • Ps 40:12-13 : 12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me: my iniquities have taken hold of me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me. 13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me: You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.
  • Ps 13:1-4 : 1 How long will You forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me? 3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; 4 Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; nor has He hidden His face from him; but when he cried to Him, He heard.
  • Ps 70:5 : 5 But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God; You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
  • Ps 71:12 : 12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, and they are cut off from your hand. 6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.
  • Ps 88:10-11 : 10 Will you show wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah. 11 Shall your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in destruction?
  • Ps 102:2 : 2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me quickly.
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, who hides His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 For Sheol cannot praise You, death cannot celebrate You: those who go down into the pit cannot hope for Your truth.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry; for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
  • Luke 21:26 : 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall 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%

    1 To you I cry, O LORD my rock; do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 69:17
    81%

    17 And do not hide your face from your servant; for I am in trouble; hear me speedily.

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.

    2 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me quickly.

  • Ps 141:1
    79%

    1 LORD, I cry to you; make haste to me; listen to my voice when I cry to you.

  • Ps 143:6
    79%

    6 I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land. Selah.

  • Ps 70:1
    78%

    1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

  • Ps 143:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for I trust in You: cause me to know the way I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You.

    9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to You to hide me.

  • Ps 27:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice; Have mercy also upon me and answer me.

    8 When You said, 'Seek My face,' my heart said to You, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.'

    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 nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.

  • Ps 88:14
    78%

    14 LORD, why do you cast off my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

  • Ps 40:13
    77%

    13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

  • Ps 143:11
    77%

    11 Revive me, O LORD, for Your name’s sake; for Your righteousness’ sake, bring my soul out of trouble.

  • Ps 13:1
    77%

    1 How long will You forget me, O LORD? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

    4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD.

    2 Lord, hear my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

  • Ps 31:2
    75%

    2 Bow down your ear to me; deliver me quickly: be my strong rock, a house of defense to save me.

  • Ps 30:3
    75%

    3 O LORD, you have brought my soul up from the grave; you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

  • Ps 38:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.

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

  • Ps 88:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave.

    4 I am counted with those who go down into the pit; I am as a man who has no strength:

  • Ps 38:10
    75%

    10 My heart pants, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

  • Ps 30:10
    75%

    10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be my helper.

  • Ps 31:9
    75%

    9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my body.

  • Ps 22:19
    75%

    19 But do not be far from me, O LORD; O my strength, hurry to help me.

  • Ps 119:25
    75%

    25 DALETH. My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

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    74%

    3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

  • Job 14:13
    74%

    13 Oh that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

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    74%

    12 O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

  • Ps 39:13
    74%

    13 O spare me, so I may recover strength, before I go away and am no more.

  • Ps 142:6
    74%

    6 Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 25:16
    74%

    16 Turn to me and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

  • Lam 3:56
    74%

    56 You have heard my voice; do not hide Your ear from my sighing, from my cry for help.

  • Ps 70:5
    74%

    5 But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God; You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you.

  • Ps 9:13
    74%

    13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer from those who hate me, you who lift me up from the gates of death:

  • Ps 55:1
    74%

    1 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

  • Ps 141:8
    74%

    8 But my eyes are upon you, O GOD the Lord; in you is my trust; do not leave my soul destitute.

  • Job 17:1
    74%

    1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

  • Ps 22:15
    73%

    15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death.

  • Jonah 2:7
    73%

    7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.

  • Ps 116:4
    73%

    4 Then I called upon the name of the LORD: O LORD, I beg You, deliver my soul.

  • Ps 6:4
    73%

    4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: save me for Your mercy’s sake.

  • Ps 142:3
    73%

    3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walked, they secretly laid a snare for me.

  • Ps 88:6
    73%

    6 You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths.