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Psalms 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.

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ASV

Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵ֘לֶ֤יךָ'e.Lei.khato youH413 →
יְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
אֶקְרָ֗א'ek.Ra'I call outH7121 →
צוּרִי֮tzu.RiO rock myH6697 →
אַֽל־'al-may notH408 →
תֶּחֱרַ֪שׁte.che.Rashyou be deafH2790 →
מִ֫מֶּ֥נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480 →
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435 →
תֶּֽחֱשֶׁ֥הte.che.Shehyou should be silentH2814 →
מִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.nifrom meH4480 →
וְ֝נִמְשַׁ֗לְתִּיve.nim.Shal.tiand I will be equalH4911 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
י֥וֹרְדֵיYor.dei[those who] go downH3381 →
בֽוֹר׃Vor<of> [the] pitH953 →

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Psalms 143:7Answer 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.Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.Psalms 88:4–6I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.Psalms 83:1O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.Isaiah 26:4Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.Psalms 88:4I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.Revelation 20:3And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, be not silent.Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?Psalms 35:22O LORD, You have seen it; be not silent. O Lord, be not far from me.Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. SelahPsalms 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.Psalms 69:15Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

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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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