Psalm 143:7 - The Scriptures 1998

⁷ Hasten, answer me, O יהוה ; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those going down into the pit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Answer me speedily, O Lord, for my spirit fails; hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit (the grave).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ 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.

Common English Bible

⁷ Answer me, LORD—and quickly! My breath is fading. Don’t hide your face from me or I’ll be like those going down to the pit!

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners.

Psalm 143:7 Cross References

Psalm 102:2

Do not hide Your face from me In the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day I call, answer me speedily.

Psalm 22:24

For He has not despised Nor hated the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.

Psalm 27:9

Do not hide Your face from me; Do not turn Your servant away in displeasure; You have been my help; Do not leave me nor forsake me, O Elohim of my deliverance.

Psalm 28:1

I cry to You, O יהוה  my Rock: Do not be deaf to me! For if You are silent to me, I shall be like those who go down to the pit.

Psalm 40:17

But I am poor and needy; Let יהוה  think upon me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my Elohim, do not delay!

Psalm 69:17

And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; Answer me speedily.

Psalm 69:18

Draw near to my being, redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies.

Psalm 69:3

I am worn out from my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes grow dim As I wait for my Elohim.

Psalm 70:5

But I am poor and needy; Hasten to me, O Elohim! You are my help and my deliverer; O יהוה, do not delay.

Psalm 71:12

O Elohim, do not be far from me; My Elohim, hasten to my help!

Psalm 84:2

My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה ; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ě

Proverbs 13:12

Expectancy drawn out makes the heart sick, But a longing come true is a tree of life.

Isaiah 38:18

“For the grave does not thank You, nor death praise You; those who go down to the pit do not watch for Your truth.

Isaiah 57:16

“For I would not strive forever, nor am I wroth forever, for the spirit would grow faint before Me, even the beings I have made.

Isaiah 8:17

And I shall wait on יהוה, who hides His face from the house of Yaʽ

Luke 21:26

men fainting from fear and the expectation of what is coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.