Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
New American Standard Bible
Or I will become like
King James Version
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.
International Standard Version
Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit,
A Conservative Version
Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).
Darby Translation
Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Julia Smith Translation
Quickly answer me, O Jehovah: my spirit failed: thou wilt not hide thy face from me: I was made like those going down to the pit.
King James 2000
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.
Modern King James verseion
Hear me quickly, O Jehovah; my spirit fails; do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the Pit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.
NET Bible
Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
New Heart English Bible
Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, so that I do not become like those who go down into the pit.
Webster
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.
World English Bible
Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
Youngs Literal Translation
Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 143:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Help
6
I am like parched land before You.
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
Your faithful love in the morning,
for I trust in You.
Reveal to me the way I should go
because I long for You.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 69:17
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!
Psalm 27:9
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.
Psalm 28:1
Davidic.
my rock, do not be deaf to me.
If You remain silent to me,
I will be like those going down to the Pit.
Psalm 13:1-4
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?
Psalm 22:24
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.
Psalm 40:12-13
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.
Psalm 40:17
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.
Psalm 69:3
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Psalm 70:5
hurry to me, God.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Lord, do not delay.
Psalm 71:12
my God, hurry to help me.
Psalm 84:2
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for
Psalm 88:4-6
I am like a man without strength,
Psalm 88:10-11
Do departed spirits rise up to praise You?
Psalm 102:2
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.
Isaiah 8:17
who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob.
I will wait for Him.
Isaiah 38:18
Death cannot praise You.
Those who go down to the Pit
cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Isaiah 57:16
and I will not always be angry;
for then the spirit would grow weak before Me,
even the breath of man, which I have made.
Luke 21:26