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Psalms 69:16

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

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ASV

Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

KJV

Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
עֲנֵ֣נִי'a.Ne.nianswer meH6030 →
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
ט֣וֹבTov[is] goodH2896 →
חַסְדֶּ֑ךָchas.De.khacovenant loyalty yourH2617 →
כְּרֹ֥בke.Roaccording to [the] greatness ofH7230 →
רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָra.cha.Mei.khacompassion<s> yourH7356 →
פְּנֵ֣הpe.NehturnH6437 →
אֵלָֽי׃'e.Laito meH413 →

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Psalms 5:3In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.Psalms 109:21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.Psalms 119:41May Your loving devotion come to me, O LORD, Your salvation, according to Your promise.Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.Psalms 119:124Deal with Your servant according to Your loving devotion, and teach me Your statutes.Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.Psalms 40:11O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.Psalms 86:15–16But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.Psalms 86:16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.Psalms 119:149Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.Psalms 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.Psalms 109:26Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.Isaiah 63:7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.

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