Psalms 40:17

World English Bible (2000)

But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

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  • Ps 70:5 : 5 But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don't delay.
  • Isa 41:17 : 17 The poor and needy seek water, and there is none. Their tongue fails for thirst. I, Yahweh, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
  • Heb 13:6 : 6 So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
  • 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be declared back 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 the one who sustains my soul.
  • Ps 69:33 : 33 For Yahweh hears the needy, and doesn't despise his captive people.
  • Ps 86:1 : 1 Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
  • Ps 109:22 : 22 for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me.
  • Ps 143:7-8 : 7 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. 8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.
  • Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in 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 cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
  • Isa 50:7-9 : 7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed. 8 He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me. 9 Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky 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 you through his poverty might become rich.

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    5But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don't delay.

  • Ps 109:21-22
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    79%

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  • Ps 38:21-22
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    21Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

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  • Ps 40:13
    78%

    13Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.

  • Ps 41:1
    77%

    1Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

  • Ps 71:12
    76%

    12God, don't be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.

  • Ps 69:29
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    29But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

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    10Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper."

  • Ps 70:1
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    1Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, Yahweh.

  • Ps 109:26
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    26Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness;

  • Ps 22:19
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    19But don't be far off, Yahweh. You are my help: hurry to help me.

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    1Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

  • Ps 31:14-15
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    14But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."

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    10All my bones shall say, "Yahweh, 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 robs him?"

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  • Ps 40:16
    74%

    16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let such as love your salvation say continually, "Let Yahweh be exalted!"

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    7Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

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    12For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.

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    73%

    11Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.

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  • Ps 141:1
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    1Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

  • Ps 25:16
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    16Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

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  • Ps 38:15
    72%

    15For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

  • Ps 22:11
    72%

    11Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.

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    72%

    17Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

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    71%

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    71%

    6This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

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    71%

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    71%

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    70%

    5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."