Psalm 69:29 “But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.”

Psalm 69:29

But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

World English Bible

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

American Standard Version

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Geneva Bible 1599

When I am poore and in heauinesse, thine helpe, O God, shall exalt me.

Darby Translation

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

Young's Literal Translation

And I [am] afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.

Bible in Basic English

But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

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Cross references

“I am poor”

Psalm 40:17 Psalm 109:22 2 Corinthians 8:9 Psalm 109:31 Matthew 8:20 Isaiah 53:2

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 109:22 · BSB

For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.

2 Corinthians 8:9 · BSB

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

Psalm 109:31 · BSB

For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.

Matthew 8:20 · BSB

Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”

Isaiah 53:2 · BSB

He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.

“let thy”

Psalm 91:14–16 Psalm 18:48 Philippians 2:9–11 Psalm 22:27–31 Psalm 89:26 Psalm 89:27

Psalm 91:14–16 · BSB

“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.

Psalm 18:48 · BSB

who delivers me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.

Philippians 2:9–11 · BSB

Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,

Psalm 22:27–31 · BSB

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Psalm 89:26 · BSB

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

Psalm 89:27 · BSB

I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

Also

Psalm 70:5 Psalm 20:1 Psalm 59:1

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 20:1 · BSB

May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Psalm 59:1 · BSB

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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

In context

28May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.

30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving.

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