Psalm 32:6 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁶ For this shall ev'ry godly one his prayer make to thee; In such a time he shall thee seek, as found thou mayest be. Surely, when floods of waters great do swell up to the brim, They shall not overwhelm his soul, nor once come near to him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ For this [forgiveness] let everyone who is godly pray–pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely when the great waters [of trial] overflow, they shall not reach [the spirit in] him.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

Common English Bible

⁶ That’s why all the faithful should pray to you during troubled times, so that a great flood of water won’t reach them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ By the word of the Lord the heavens were established; and all the power of them by the spirit of his mouth:

Psalm 32:6 Cross References

Psalm 144:7

Thine hand send from above, me save; from great depths draw me out; And from the hand of children strange,

Psalm 4:3

But know, that for himself the Lord the godly man doth choose: The Lord, when I on him do call, to hear will not refuse.

Psalm 40:3

He put a new song in my mouth, our God to magnify: Many shall see it, and shall fear, and on the Lord rely.

Psalm 42:7

At the noise of thy water-spouts deep unto deep doth call; Thy breaking waves pass over me, yea, and thy billows all.

Psalm 91:7

A thousand at thy side shall fall, on thy right hand shall lie Ten thousand dead; yet unto thee it shall not once come nigh.