Parallel Verses

Amplified


Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.

New American Standard Bible

Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your lovingkindness.

King James Version

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.

Holman Bible

Turn, Lord! Rescue me;
save me because of Your faithful love.

International Standard Version

Return, LORD, save my life! Deliver me, because of your gracious love.

A Conservative Version

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul. Save me for thy loving kindness' sake.

American Standard Version

Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness'sake.

Bible in Basic English

Come back, O Lord, make my soul free; O give me salvation because of your mercy.

Darby Translation

Return, Jehovah, free my soul; save me for thy loving-kindness' sake.

Julia Smith Translation

Turn back, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: save me for sake of thy mercy.

King James 2000

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for your mercies' sake.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Turn, O Yahweh; deliver my life. Save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

Modern King James verseion

Return, O Jehovah, return; deliver my soul; save me for Your mercy's sake.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Turn thee, O LORD, and deliver my soul; O save me for thy mercies' sake.

NET Bible

Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

New Heart English Bible

Return, LORD. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness' sake.

The Emphasized Bible

Return, O Yahweh, deliver my soul, Save me, for the sake of thy lovingkindness;

Webster

Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: Oh save me for thy mercies sake.

World English Bible

Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness' sake.

Youngs Literal Translation

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

References

Hastings

Context Readings

A Prayer For Mercy

3
My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.
But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?
4 
Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;
Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.
5
For in death there is no mention of You;
In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?


Cross References

Psalm 17:13


Arise, O Lord, confront him, cast him down;
Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,

Psalm 22:20


Rescue my life from the sword,
My only life from the paw of the dog (the executioner).

Psalm 25:7


Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions;
According to Your lovingkindness remember me,
For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Psalm 69:13


But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;
O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].

Psalm 79:8-9


O do not remember against us the sins and guilt of our forefathers.
Let Your compassion and mercy come quickly to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.

Psalm 80:14


Turn again [in favor to us], O God of hosts;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

Psalm 86:13


For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].

Psalm 90:13


Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]; how long will it be?
Be compassionate toward Your servants—revoke Your sentence.

Psalm 116:4


Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, please save my life!”

Psalm 116:8


For You have rescued my life from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from stumbling and falling.

Psalm 120:2


Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.

Psalm 121:7


The Lord will protect you from all evil;
He will keep your life.

Isaiah 38:17


“Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such bitterness;
But You have loved back my life from the pit of nothingness (destruction),
For You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Daniel 9:18

O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You because of our own merits and righteousness, but because of Your great mercy and compassion.

Malachi 3:7

“Yet from the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and ordinances and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of His glorious grace and favor, which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved [His Son, Jesus Christ].

Ephesians 2:7-8

[and He did this] so that in the ages to come He might [clearly] show the immeasurable and unsurpassed riches of His grace in [His] kindness toward us in Christ Jesus [by providing for our redemption].

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