Psalms 40:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • 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.
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails 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 to me.'
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Casting all your care upon Him; for He cares 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 Your wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be counted in order to You: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Ps 54:4 : 4 Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with those who uphold my soul.
  • Ps 69:33 : 33 For the LORD hears the poor and does not despise his prisoners.
  • Ps 86:1 : 1 Incline Your 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 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. 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.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifies to these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously:
  • Isa 50:7-9 : 7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. 8 He is near that justifies me; who will contend with me? Let us stand together: who is my 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 wear out like a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
  • 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.

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    89%

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

  • Ps 109:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

    21But deal with me for your name’s sake, O GOD the Lord, because your mercy is good, deliver me.

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  • Ps 38:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

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

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  • Ps 40:13
    78%

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

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor; the LORD will deliver him in times of trouble.

  • Ps 71:12
    76%

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

  • Ps 69:29
    76%

    29But I am poor and sorrowful; let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

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    76%

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

  • Ps 70:1
    75%

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

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    75%

    26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to your mercy,

  • Ps 22:19
    75%

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

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    75%

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  • Ps 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God.

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  • Ps 35:10
    75%

    10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like you, who delivers the poor from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?

  • Ps 40:1
    74%

    1I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.

  • Ps 40:16
    74%

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  • Ps 39:7
    74%

    7And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.

  • Ps 72:12
    73%

    12For he shall deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper.

  • Ps 40:11
    73%

    11Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me.

  • Ps 37:40
    73%

    40And the LORD shall help them and deliver them; he shall deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they trust in him.

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    73%

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    72%

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  • Ps 109:31
    72%

    31For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn his soul.

  • Ps 38:15
    72%

    15For in you, O LORD, do I hope; you will hear, O Lord my God.

  • Ps 22:11
    72%

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  • Ps 27:9
    72%

    9Do 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 31:22
    72%

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    72%

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    2 verses
    72%

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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  • Ps 42:11
    71%

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  • Ps 16:1
    71%

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  • Ps 140:6
    71%

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  • Isa 41:17
    71%

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  • Ps 35:22
    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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  • Ps 31:7
    71%

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    71%

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    71%

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    70%

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