Psalms 69:17

Easy-to-Read Version

Don't turn away from your servant. I am in trouble, so hurry and help me!

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Don't hide from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!

English Revised Version
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.

Update Bible Version
And don't hide your face from your slave; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

New Century Version
Do not hide from me, your servant. I am in trouble. Hurry to help me!

New English Translation
Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

Webster's Bible Translation
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

World English Bible
Don't hide your face from your servant, For I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

Amplified Bible
Do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

English Standard Version
Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And turne not awei thi face fro thi child; for Y am in tribulacioun, here thou me swiftli.

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

Contemporary English Version
Don't turn away from me. I am your servant, and I am in trouble. Please hurry and help!

American Standard Version
And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.

Bible in Basic English
Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

Complete Jewish Bible
Answer me, Adonai , for your grace is good; in your great mercy, turn to me.

Darby Translation
And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.

New Life Bible
Do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in trouble. Hurry to answer me.

New Revised Standard
Do not hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress—make haste to answer me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: make haste and heare me.

George Lamsa Translation
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble; answer me speedily.

Good News Translation
Don't hide yourself from your servant; I am in great trouble—answer me now!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then do not hide thy face from thy servant, Because I am in distress, haste thou - answer me!

Douay-Rheims Bible
(68-18) And turn not away thy face from thy servant: for I am in trouble, hear me speedily.

Revised Standard Version
Hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress, make haste to answer me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And hyde not thy face from thy seruaunt, for I am in trouble: O haste thee [and] heare me.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And turn not away thy face from thy servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

Christian Standard Bible®
Don’t hide your face from your servant,for I am in distress.Answer me quickly!

Hebrew Names Version
Don't hide your face from your servant, For I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

King James Version
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Lexham English Bible
and do not hide your face from your servant. Because I am in trouble, answer me quickly.

Literal Translation
And do not hide Your face from Your servant; for it is distressing to Me; answer Me quickly;

Young's Literal Translation
And hide not Thy face from Thy servant, For I am in distress -- haste, answer me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare me (o LORDE) for thy louynge kyndnesse is confortable: turne the vnto me acordinge vnto yi greate mercy.

THE MESSAGE
Don't look the other way; your servant can't take it. I'm in trouble. Answer right now!

New American Standard Bible
And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

New King James Version
And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Legacy Standard Bible
And do not hide Your face from Your slave,For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

Contextual Overview

¹³ As for me, Lord , this is my prayer to you: Please accept me! God, I want you to answer me with love. I know I can trust you to save me. ¹⁴ Pull me from the mud, and don't let me sink down deeper. Save me from those who hate me. Save me from this deep water. ¹⁵ Don't let the waves drown me. Don't let the deep sea swallow me or the grave close its mouth on me. ¹⁶ Answer me, Lord , from the goodness of your faithful love. Out of your great kindness turn to me and help me! ¹⁷ Don't turn away from your servant. I am in trouble, so hurry and help me! ¹⁸ Come save my soul. Rescue me from my enemies. ¹⁹ You know the shame I have suffered. You know all my enemies. You saw how they humiliated me. ²⁰ I feel the pain of their insults. The shame makes me feel like dying! I wanted some sympathy, but there was none. I waited for someone to comfort me, but no one came. ²¹ They gave me poison, not food. They gave me vinegar, not wine.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hide: Psalms 13:1, Psalms 22:24, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 44:24, Psalms 102:2, Psalms 143:9, Matthew 27:46

for I am: Matthew 26:38

hear me speedily: Heb. make haste to hear me, Psalms 40:13, Psalms 70:1, Job 7:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 31:2 - deliver Psalms 79:8 - let thy Psalms 88:3 - soul Psalms 88:14 - hidest Psalms 141:1 - make haste Psalms 143:7 - hide not Matthew 6:8 - your Matthew 26:42 - the second

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And hide not thy face from thy servant,.... This is a character that is frequently given to Christ as Mediator; he is a servant of God's choosing, calling, and appointing; of his sending, bringing forth, and supporting; who is an obedient, diligent, righteous, and prudent one; who always reverenced and honoured him whose servant he was, Isaiah 42:1; now, when he was on the cross, suffering in the room and stead of his people, his Father hid his face from him; which he here deprecates, and desires he would not continue to do, seeing he was his servant, now doing his service, and about to finish it, even the great work of man's redemption; and for a reason following;

for I am in trouble; in straits and difficulties; pressed on every side, enclosed with the assembly of the wicked, who were mocking of him, and with the whole posse of devils, who were throwing their fiery darts at him; having the sins of his people and the curses of a righteous law on him, and the wrath of God in him; and what increased his trouble was, he was forsaken by him;

hear me speedily; or "make haste to hear" e; and answer me; his case required haste; see Psalms 22:19.

e מהר ענני "festina exaudire me", Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And hide not thy face from thy servant - See the notes at Psalms 27:9.

For I am in trouble - In the midst of dangers and sorrows. Literally, “there is trouble upon me.”

Hear me speedily - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Make haste to hear me.” That is, Grant me without delay what I ask. The case is one of urgent necessity. I “must” have relief or I shall perish. It is not wrong to ask God to interpose at once in our behalf when we are in trouble, though it is our duty to be patient and resigned if his interposition is delayed, for he may have important ends to accomplish by our continuing to suffer. In our distress on account of sin also, it is right to plead with him to interpose “at once,” and to relieve us by forgiveness. In this respect we are not to be contented with delay; we are to cast ourselves upon his mercy, and to plead for immediate pardon, for as it is our only safety, so it is for the honor of God that we should be forgiven, and that we should not continue in a state of guilt. An afflicted child of God will be safe in the final issue, whether he is relieved at once, or whether he is suddenly cut off by death, or whether he continues to suffer for even many years; but an unpardoned sinner is “not” safe for a moment, and if he should be cut off, unforgiven, even when under the deepest conviction for sin, he would perish. Every consideration, therefore, makes it proper that he should plead for forgiveness at once, and ask that God would not “delay” to show him mercy.