Psalms 143:7

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:17 : 17 Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
  • Ps 28:1 : 1 By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.
  • Ps 40:12-13 : 12 For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me. 13 Please be willing, O LORD, to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!
  • Ps 40:17 : 17 I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
  • Ps 13:1-4 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? 2 How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3 Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die! 4 Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.
  • Ps 22:24 : 24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.
  • Ps 70:5 : 5 I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O LORD, do not delay!
  • Ps 71:12 : 12 O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
  • Ps 88:4-6 : 4 They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6 You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.
  • Ps 88:10-11 : 10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah) 11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead?
  • Ps 102:2 : 2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!
  • Isa 8:17 : 17 I will wait patiently for the LORD, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the Pit do not anticipate your faithfulness.
  • Isa 57:16 : 16 For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.
  • Luke 21:26 : 26 People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for 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%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 69:17
    81%

    17Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • Ps 141:1
    79%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

  • Ps 143:6
    79%

    6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)

  • Ps 70:1
    78%

    1For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!

  • Ps 143:8-9
    2 verses
    78%

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

    9Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection.

  • Ps 27:7-9
    3 verses
    78%

    7Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

    9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

  • Ps 88:14
    78%

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 40:13
    77%

    13Please be willing, O LORD, to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!

  • Ps 143:11
    77%

    11O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

  • Ps 13:1
    77%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

    2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 31:2
    75%

    2Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!

  • Ps 30:3
    75%

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

  • Ps 38:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

    22Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer!

  • Ps 88:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

  • Ps 38:10
    75%

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Ps 30:10
    75%

    10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

  • Ps 31:9
    75%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

  • Ps 22:19
    75%

    19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

  • Ps 119:25
    75%

    25ד(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

  • Ps 13:3
    74%

    3Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!

  • Job 14:13
    74%

    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Ps 71:12
    74%

    12O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!

  • Ps 39:13
    74%

    13Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away.

  • Ps 142:6
    74%

    6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

  • Ps 25:16
    74%

    16Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

  • Lam 3:56
    74%

    56You heard my plea:“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!”

  • Ps 70:5
    74%

    5I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O LORD, do not delay!

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 9:13
    74%

    13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

  • Ps 55:1
    74%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

  • Ps 141:8
    74%

    8Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

  • Job 17:1
    74%

    1My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me.

  • Ps 22:15
    73%

    15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.

  • Jonah 2:7
    73%

    7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • Ps 116:4
    73%

    4I called on the name of the LORD,“Please LORD, rescue my life!”

  • Ps 6:4
    73%

    4Relent, LORD, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

  • Ps 142:3
    73%

    3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

  • Ps 88:6
    73%

    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.