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 Standard 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. Legacy Standard Bible Answer me quickly, O Yahweh, my spirit wastes away; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will 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. Contemporary English Version Please hurry, LORD, and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die. 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. 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. 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. 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, Majority Standard 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. 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. Webster's Bible Translation Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHurry, 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. 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. Smith's Literal Translation Quickly answer me, O Jehovah: my spirit failed: thou wilt not hide thy face from me: I was made like those going down to the pit. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHear 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. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Hasten to answer me, LORD; for my spirit fails me. Do not hide your face from me, lest I become like those descending to the pit. New Revised Standard Version Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnswer me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them who go down into the pit. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Answer me quickly, LORD JEHOVAH, because my spirit is spent; do not turn your face from me, lest I be handed over with the descenders to the pit. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Answer me speedily, O LORD, 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context 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 69:17 Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly! 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. Psalm 31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help. Psalm 88:14 Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me? Isaiah 64:7 No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity. Lamentations 3:8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. Job 13:24 Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy? Psalm 22:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? Psalm 28:1 Of David. 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 55:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea. Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. Psalm 77:7-9 “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? / Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? / Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah Psalm 130:1-2 A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. Isaiah 59:2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. 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. 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 UnderworldPsalm 143 1. David prays for favor in judgment3. He complains of his grief 5. He strengthens his faith by meditation and prayer 7. He prays for grace 9. For deliverance 10. For sanctification 12. For destruction of his enemies Answer me quickly, O LORD The psalmist begins with an urgent plea, emphasizing the immediacy of his need. The Hebrew word for "answer" is "עָנָה" (anah), which implies a response to a call or cry. This reflects the deep relationship between the psalmist and God, where the psalmist expects a direct and personal response. Historically, this urgency can be understood in the context of David's life, often marked by moments of peril and distress, where divine intervention was not just desired but necessary for survival. my spirit fails Do not hide Your face from me or I will be like those who descend to the Pit 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 ... Hebrew Answerעֲנֵ֨נִי ׀ (‘ă·nê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 6030: To answer, respond me quickly, מַ֘הֵ֤ר (ma·hêr) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 4118: Hastening, speedy, swift O LORD; יְהוָה֮ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 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 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 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not hide תַּסְתֵּ֣ר (tas·têr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal Your face פָּנֶ֣יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face from me, מִמֶּ֑נִּי (mim·men·nî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 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 4911: To liken, to use, language, in, to resemble who go down יֹ֥רְדֵי (yō·rə·ḏê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to the Pit. בֽוֹר׃ (ḇō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 953: A pit, cistern, well Links 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 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 143:7 Hurry to answer me Yahweh (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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