Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, please save my life!”
New American Standard Bible
“O Lord, I beseech You,
King James Version
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Holman Bible
“Yahweh, save me!”
International Standard Version
Then I called on the name of the LORD, "LORD, please deliver me!"
A Conservative Version
Then I called upon the name of LORD. O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
American Standard Version
Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Bible in Basic English
Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.
Darby Translation
Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul.
Julia Smith Translation
And upon the name of Jehovah will I call; now, O Jehovah, deliver my soul.
King James 2000
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!"
Modern King James verseion
Then I called on the name of Jehovah; O Jehovah, I beseech You, deliver my soul.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I shall find trouble and heaviness, and I will call upon the Name of the LORD, "O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul."
NET Bible
I called on the name of the Lord, "Please Lord, rescue my life!"
New Heart English Bible
Then I called on the name of the LORD: "LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul."
The Emphasized Bible
But, on the Name of Yahweh, I called - I beseech thee, Yahweh, deliver my soul.
Webster
Then I called upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
World English Bible
Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul."
Youngs Literal Translation
And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 116:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving For God's Deliverance
3
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, please save my life!”
Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 118:5
Out of my distress I called on the Lord;
The Lord answered me and set me free.
Psalm 22:20
Rescue my life from the sword,
My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
But when he was in distress, he sought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Psalm 6:4
Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.
Psalm 18:6
In my distress [when I seemed surrounded] I called upon the Lord
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry for help came before Him, into His very ears.
Psalm 22:1-3
Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 25:17
The troubles of my heart are multiplied;
Bring me out of my distresses.
Psalm 30:7-8
By Your favor and grace, O Lord, you have made my mountain stand strong;
You hid Your face, and I was horrified.
Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him from all his troubles.
Psalm 40:12-13
For innumerable evils have encompassed me;
My sins have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see.
They are more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my heart has failed me.
Psalm 50:15
Call on Me in the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
Psalm 130:1-2
Psalm 142:4-6
Look to the right [the point of attack] and see;
For there is no one who has regard for me [to act in my favor].
Escape has failed me and I have nowhere to run;
No one cares about my life.
Psalm 143:6-9
I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
Isaiah 37:15-20
And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,
Isaiah 38:1-3
In those days Hezekiah [king of Judah] became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, “For the Lord says this, ‘Set your house in order and prepare a will, for you shall die; you will not live.’”
Luke 18:13
Luke 23:42-43
And he was saying, “Jesus, [please] remember me when You come into Your kingdom!”
John 2:2
and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.