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Psalms 143:7

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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַ֘הֵ֤רma.HerhurryH4116 →
עֲנֵ֨נִי׀'a.Ne.nianswer meH6030 →
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
כָּלְתָ֪הkal.Tahit is exhaustedH3615 →
ר֫וּחִ֥יru.Chispirit myH7307 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תַּסְתֵּ֣רtas.Teryou hideH5641 →
פָּנֶ֣יךָpa.Nei.khaface yourH6440 →
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480 →
וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּיve.nim.Shal.tiand I will be equalH4911 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
יֹ֥רְדֵיYo.re.dei[those who] go down ofH3381 →
בֽוֹר׃Vor[the] pitH953 →

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Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!Psalms 70:1Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!Psalms 28:1To 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.Psalms 27:9Hide 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.Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.Psalms 141:1I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”Psalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.Psalms 71:12Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.Genesis 4:14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”Psalms 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.Psalms 70:5But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.Psalms 88:4–6I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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