Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit. New Living Translation Come quickly, LORD, and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don’t turn away from me, or I will die. English Standard Version Answer me quickly, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit. Berean Study Bible Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. King James Bible 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. New King James Version Answer me speedily, O LORD; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those who go down into the pit. New American Standard Bible Answer me quickly, LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will be the same as those who go down to the pit. NASB 1995 Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit. NASB 1977 Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Thy face from me, Lest I become like those who go down to the pit. Amplified Bible Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave). Christian Standard Bible Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. Holman Christian Standard Bible Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Don't hide Your face from me, or I will be like those going down to the Pit. American Standard Version 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit. Contemporary English Version Please hurry, LORD, and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die. Douay-Rheims Bible Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. English Revised Version Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like them that go down into the pit. Good News Translation Answer me now, LORD! I have lost all hope. Don't hide yourself from me, or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead. GOD'S WORD® Translation Answer me quickly, O LORD. My spirit is worn out. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go into the pit. International Standard Version Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit, JPS Tanakh 1917 Answer me speedily, O LORD, My spirit faileth; Hide not Thy face from me; Lest I become like them that go down into the pit. Literal Standard Version Hurry, answer me, O YHWH, "" My spirit has been consumed, "" Do not hide Your face from me, "" Or I have been compared with those going down [to] the pit. NET Bible Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave. New Heart English Bible Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, so that I do not become like those who go down into the pit. World English Bible 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 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. Additional Translations ... Study Bible I Stretch Out My Hands to You…6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah 7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit. 8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.… Cross References Psalm 27:9 Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation. Psalm 28:1 To you, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit. Psalm 30:7 O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed. Psalm 69:17 Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Psalm 88:4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. Psalm 102:2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call. Jeremiah 8:18 My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me. Lamentations 1:22 Let all their wickedness come before You, and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions. For my groans are many, and my heart is faint. Treasury of Scripture Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like to them that go down into the pit. hear me Psalm 14:1-4 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good… Psalm 40:13,17 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me… Psalm 70:5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. my spirit Psalm 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Psalm 69:3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. Isaiah 57:16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. hide not Psalm 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Psalm 27:9 Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. Psalm 69:17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. lest I be like, etc. Psalm 28:1 A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. Psalm 88:4-6,10,11 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: … Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. (7) With the first clause comp. Psalm 69:17, with the second, Psalm 102:2, This dependence on former psalms does not detract from the reality of the feeling expressed by means of these ancient sobs and cries. The contrast of the present with former times (Psalm 143:5) with the recollection of God's dealings then, joined to thoughtful contemplation of the reality of His power as displayed in His works, makes the psalmist's anguish the more intense, his longing the more consuming, his supplication the more urgent. Verse 7. - Hear me speedily, O Lord. Here the direct supplication of ver. 1 is taken up, and pressed. "Hear me, O Lord; and not only hear me, but that speedily. It is a time for haste" (comp. Psalm 141:1). My spirit faileth; or, "fainteth" (LXX., ἐξέλιπε). Hide not thy face from me (comp. Psalm 27:9; Psalm 69:17; Psalm 102:2). Lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit (see the comment on Psalm 28:1).Parallel Commentaries ... Lexicon Answerעֲנֵ֨נִי ׀ (‘ă·nê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 6030: To answer, respond me quickly, מַ֘הֵ֤ר (ma·hêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4118: Hastening, speedy, swift O LORD; יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel my spirit ר֫וּחִ֥י (rū·ḥî) Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit fails. כָּלְתָ֪ה (kā·lə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not hide תַּסְתֵּ֣ר (tas·têr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5641: To hide, conceal Your face פָּנֶ֣יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face from me, מִמֶּ֑נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of or I will be like those וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּי (wə·nim·šal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble who go down יֹ֥רְדֵי (yō·rə·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend to the Pit. בֽוֹר׃ (ḇō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well Jump to Previous Compared Face Faileth Fails Haste Hear Hide Hurry Pit Quick Quickly Speedily Spirit Strength UnderworldJump to Next Compared Face Faileth Fails Haste Hear Hide Hurry Pit Quick Quickly Speedily Spirit Strength UnderworldLinks Psalm 143:7 NIVPsalm 143:7 NLT Psalm 143:7 ESV Psalm 143:7 NASB Psalm 143:7 KJV Psalm 143:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 143:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 143:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 143:7 French Bible Psalm 143:7 Clyx Quotations OT Poetry: Psalm 143:7 Hurry to answer me Yahweh (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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