Psalms 109:21

King James Version

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
But as for You, O Yahweh, O Lord, deal with me for Your name's sake;Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
But You, O God , the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But thou O God my Lorde, do vnto me according vnto thy name: for sweete is thy mercy.

Darby Translation
But do *thou* for me, Jehovah, Lord, for thy name's sake; because thy loving-kindness is good, deliver me:

New King James Version
But You, O GOD the Lord, Deal with me for Your name's sake; Because Your mercy is good, deliver me.

Literal Translation
But You, O Jehovah the Lord, work with me for Your name's sake; deliver me because Your mercy is good.

Easy-to-Read Version
My Lord God , treat me in a way that brings honor to your name. Save me because of your faithful love.

World English Bible
But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

King James Version (1611)
But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy Names sake: because thy mercie is good: deliuer thou me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O delyuer me, for I am helplesse & poore, & my herte is wounded within me,

THE MESSAGE
Oh, God , my Lord, step in; work a miracle for me—you can do it! Get me out of here—your love is so great!— I'm at the end of my rope, my life in ruins. I'm fading away to nothing, passing away, my youth gone, old before my time. I'm weak from hunger and can hardly stand up, my body a rack of skin and bones. I'm a joke in poor taste to those who see me; they take one look and shake their heads.

Amplified Bible
But You, O GOD, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;

American Standard Version
But deal thou with me, O Jehovah the Lord, for thy name's sake: Because thy lovingkindness is good, deliver thou me;

Bible in Basic English
But, O Lord God, give me your help, because of your name; take me out of danger, because your mercy is good.

Update Bible Version
But deal with me, O Yahweh the Lord, for your name's sake: Because your loving-kindness is good, deliver me;

Webster's Bible Translation
But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy [is] good, deliver thou me.

New English Translation
O sovereign Lord , intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!

Contemporary English Version
Be true to your name, Lord God! Show your great kindness and rescue me.

Complete Jewish Bible
But you, God, Adonai , treat me as your name demands; rescue me, because your grace is good.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But thou, O Lorde my God, deale with me according vnto thy Name: deliuer me, (for thy mercie is good)

George Lamsa Translation
But thou, O LORD, do good to me for thy names sake; because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

Hebrew Names Version
But deal with me, the LORD the Lord, for your name's sake, Because your lovingkindness is good, deliver me;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But Thou, O GOD the Lord, deal with me for Thy name's sake;

New Living Translation
But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord , for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.

New Life Bible
But You, O God, the Lord, be kind to me because of Your name. Take me out of trouble because Your loving-kindness is good.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal mercifully with me, for thy name’s sake: for thy mercy is good.

English Revised Version
But deal thou with me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me,

Berean Standard Bible
But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.

New Revised Standard
But you, O Lord my Lord, act on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, thou, Yahweh, Adonay, deal effectually with me, for the sake of thy Name, Since good is thy lovingkindness, O rescue me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(108-21) But thou, O Lord, do with me for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me,

Lexham English Bible
But you, O Yahweh my Lord, deal with me for your name's sake. Because your loyal love is good, deliver me,

English Standard Version
But you, O God my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!

New American Standard Bible
But You, GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; Because Your mercy is good, rescue me;

New Century Version
But you, Lord God , be kind to me so others will know you are good. Because your love is good, save me.

Good News Translation
But my Sovereign Lord , help me as you have promised, and rescue me because of the goodness of your love.

Christian Standard Bible®
But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou, Lord, Lord, do with me for thi name; for thi merci is swete.

Young's Literal Translation
And Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name's sake, Because Thy kindness [is] good, deliver me.

Revised Standard Version
But thou, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for thy name's sake; because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me!

Contextual Overview

²¹ But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. ²² For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. ²³ I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. ²⁴ My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. ²⁵ I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. ²⁶ Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy: ²⁷ That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord , hast done it. ²⁸ Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. ²⁹ Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. ³⁰ I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

But do: Psalms 25:11, Psalms 31:3, Psalms 69:29, Psalms 79:9, Psalms 79:10, Psalms 143:11, Psalms 143:12, John 17:1, Philippians 2:8-11

thy mercy: Psalms 36:7-9, Psalms 63:3, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15

Reciprocal: Job 10:2 - Do not Psalms 41:10 - be merciful Psalms 51:1 - O God Psalms 69:14 - let me Psalms 69:16 - for thy Psalms 119:149 - according unto

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name's sake,.... The sense of the petition is, and which is a prayer of Christ as man, that the Lord God would take his part, be on his side, be present with him, work with him, help and assist him, and that for his own honour and glory, for his truth and faithfulness sake, who had promised him help and assistance, Psalms 89:21.

Because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me; or "thy kindness" g; meaning the lovingkindness of God to Christ, which he always bore to him, and was eminently and superlatively good; which he makes use of as an argument for his deliverance out of all his troubles, and from death itself; see Psalms 69:14.

g חסדך "benignitas tua", Musculus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake - That is, Interpose for me; exert thy power in my behalf. The phrase “for thy name’s sake” implies that the motive which prompted him was a desire that God might be honored. It was not primarily or mainly for his own happiness; it was that God might be glorified, that his character might be illustrated, that his plans might be accomplished. Compare the notes at Daniel 9:18-19.

Because thy mercy is good - That is, It is the characteristic of mercy to do good; to show kindness.

Deliver thou me - He prays that God would “manifest” himself as he really was, as a God of mercy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 109:21. But do thou for me — While they use horrible imprecations against me, and load me with their curses, act thou for me, and deliver me from their maledictions. While they curse, do thou bless. This verse is a farther proof of the correctness of the interpretation given above.