Psalms 143:7

What does Psalms 143:7 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 143:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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 <FI>to<Fi> the pit.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.6I spread forth my hands unto thee: My soulthirstethafter thee, as a weary land. [Selah

v.7This passage

v.8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 28:1

    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.

  • Psalms 70:5

    But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.

  • Psalms 71:12

    O God, be not far from me; O my God, make haste to help me.

  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

  • Isaiah 38:18

    For Sheol cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

  • Psalms 88:4

    I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help,

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