Psalm 143:7 “Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from…”

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare me spedely, O Lord, for my spirit faeleth: hide not thy face from me, els I shall be like vnto them that go downe into the pit.

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.

Young's 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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“Hear me”

Psalm 71:12 Psalm 70:5 Psalm 13:1–4 Psalm 40:17 Psalm 40:13

Psalm 71:12 · BSB

Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.

Psalm 70:5 · BSB

But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.

Psalm 13:1–4 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 40:17 · BSB

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Psalm 40:13 · BSB

Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.

“my spirit”

Psalm 69:3 Isaiah 57:16 Luke 21:26 Psalm 40:12

Psalm 69:3 · BSB

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Isaiah 57:16 · BSB

For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me— the breath of life I have made.

Luke 21:26 · BSB

Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Psalm 40:12 · BSB

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

“hide not”

Psalm 69:17 Psalm 27:9 Psalm 22:24 Isaiah 8:17

Psalm 69:17 · BSB

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Psalm 27:9 · BSB

Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Psalm 22:24 · BSB

For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.

Isaiah 8:17 · BSB

I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.

“unto them”

Psalm 28:1 Psalm 88:4–6 Isaiah 38:18 Psalm 88:10 Psalm 88:11

Psalm 28:1 · BSB

To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.

Psalm 88:4–6 · BSB

I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.

Isaiah 38:18 · BSB

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Psalm 88:10 · BSB

Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah

Psalm 88:11 · BSB

Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon ?

Also

Psalm 102:2 Psalm 84:2

Psalm 102:2 · BSB

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Psalm 84:2 · BSB

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah

8Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.

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