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Psalms 143:7
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Answer me quickly, O Lord ! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
Heare me speedily, O Lorde, for my spirit fayleth: hide not thy face from me, els I shall be like vnto them that go downe into the pit.
Answer me quickly, Lord;my spirit fails.Don’t hide your face from me,or I will be like thosegoing down to the Pit.
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.
Hurry and answer me, Lord ! I have lost my courage. Don't turn away from me. Don't let me die and become like the people lying in the grave.
Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).
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.
Please hurry, Lord , and answer my prayer. I feel hopeless. Don't turn away and leave me here to die.
Answer me quickly, Adonai , because my spirit is fainting. Don't hide your face from me, or I'll be like those who drop down into a pit.
Answer me speedily, O LORD, my spirit faileth;
Heare me speedily, O Lord, my spirit faileth, hide not thy face from mee: lest I be like vnto them that goe downe into the pit.
Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.
Make haste to answer me, O LORD; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me; lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the Pit.
Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like those descending to the pit.
O Jehovah, answer me quickly; my spirit is spent; do not hide Your face from me lest I be like the ones who go down to the Pit.
Lord , answer me quickly, because I am getting weak. Don't turn away from me, or I will be like those who are dead.
Answer me quickly, Lord ! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
Come quickly, Lord , and answer me, for my depression deepens. Don't turn away from me, or I will die.
Hurry to answer me, O Lord! My spirit is becoming weak! Do not hide Your face from me, or I will become like those who go down to the grave.
Speedily answer me, O Yahweh, My spirit faileth, - Do not hide thy face from me, or I shall be made like unto them who go down into the pit.
(142-7) Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit hath fainted away. Turn not away thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Answer me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them who go down into the pit.
Answer me now, Lord ! I have lost all hope. Don't hide yourself from me, or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead.
Answer me quickly, LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will be the same as those who go down to the pit.
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.
Make speede, hearken vnto me O God, my spirite waxeth faynt: hyde not thy face from me, for I am lyke vnto them that go downe into the pyt.
Answer me quickly, O Lord ; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.
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.
Lord, here thou me swiftli; my spirit failide. Turne thou not a wei thi face fro me; and Y schal be lijk to hem that gon doun in to the lake.
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.
Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, So that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
Make haste to answer me, O LORD! My spirit fails! Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.
Hurry to answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails: Don't hide your face from me, Lest I become like those that go down into the pit.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.
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.
Sela. Heare me (o LORDE) and that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte: hyde not yi face fro me, lest I be like vnto the that go downe in to the graue.
Hurry with your answer, God ! I'm nearly at the end of my rope. Don't turn away; don't ignore me! That would be certain death. If you wake me each morning with the sound of your loving voice, I'll go to sleep each night trusting in you. Point out the road I must travel; I'm all ears, all eyes before you. Save me from my enemies, God — you're my only hope! Teach me how to live to please you, because you're my God. Lead me by your blessed Spirit into cleared and level pastureland.
Answer me quickly, O Lord , my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Answer me quickly, O Yahweh, my spirit wastes away;Do not hide Your face from me,Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Hear me: Psalms 13:1-4, Psalms 40:13, Psalms 40:17, Psalms 70:5, Psalms 71:12
my spirit: Psalms 40:12, Psalms 69:3, Isaiah 57:16, Luke 21:26
hide not: Psalms 22:24, Psalms 27:9, Psalms 69:17, Isaiah 8:17
lest I be like: etc. or, for I am become like, etc
unto them: Psalms 28:1, Psalms 88:4-6, Psalms 88:10, Psalms 88:11, Isaiah 38:18
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:14 - from thy Numbers 16:33 - into the 2 Chronicles 9:4 - there was Job 6:4 - drinketh up Job 17:16 - the bars of the pit Job 34:29 - when he hideth Psalms 30:7 - thou Psalms 30:10 - Hear Psalms 31:2 - deliver Psalms 42:1 - so panteth Psalms 54:2 - General Psalms 55:1 - hide Psalms 63:8 - followeth Psalms 70:1 - O God Psalms 101:2 - O when Psalms 102:1 - Hear Psalms 102:2 - Hide Psalms 119:123 - General Psalms 141:1 - make haste Psalms 142:6 - for I am Proverbs 1:12 - whole Proverbs 13:12 - Hope Isaiah 38:14 - I am Lamentations 3:6 - in dark Jonah 2:6 - corruption Luke 18:8 - he will Luke 22:44 - being
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth,.... Ready to sink, swoon, and faint away, through the weight of the affliction on him, by reason of the persecution of his enemy, and for want of the divine Presence; hence the Targum renders it,
"my spirit desireth thee;''
see Song of Solomon 5:6; and therefore entreats that God would hear and answer him quickly; or, "make haste to answer" him, and not delay, lest he should be quite gone. Wherefore it follows,
hide not thy face from me; nothing is more desirable to a good man than the "face" or presence of God, the light of his countenance, and sensible communion with him; which may be said to be "hid" when he withdraws his gracious presence, and withholds the discoveries of his love, and the manifestations of his free grace and favour; which he sometimes does on account of sin, and is the case at times of the best of saints; and is consistent with the love of God, though very grieving to them, and therefore here deprecated: the Targum is,
"cause not thy Shechinah to remove from me;''
lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit; either the house of the grave, as the Targum; look wan and pale, become lifeless and spiritless, or like a dead man; for as in the favour of God is life, his absence is as death: or the pit of hell, the pit of destruction; that is, be in such horror and despair, and under such apprehensions of divine wrath, as the damned feel.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
âHear me speedily, O Lord.â Hasten to hear me; do not delay. Literally, âHasten; answer me.â I am in imminent danger. Do not delay to come to my relief.
My spirit faileth - My strength is declining. I can hold out no longer. I am ready to give up and die.
Hide not thy face from me - Do not refuse or delay to look favorably upon me; to lift up the light of thy countenance upon me.
Lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit - Margin, âFor I am become like.â The idea is, Unless thou shalt lift up the light of thy countenance - unless thou shalt interpose and help me, I shall die. The âpitâ here refers to the grave. See the notes at Psalms 28:1.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 143:7. Hear me speedily — ××ר maher, make haste to answer me. A few hours, and my state may be irretrievable. In a short time my unnatural son may put an end to my life.
