Psalm 9:13

Easy To Read Version

\{I said this prayer to God:\}\par “Lord, be kind to me.\par Look, my enemies are hurting me.\par Save me from the ‘gates of death.’\par

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

Then the Lord said, “What have you done? {You killed your brother!} His blood is like a voice shouting to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:9

Later, the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

1 Kings 21:19

Tell Ahab that I, the Lord, say to him, ‘Ahab! You killed the man Naboth. Now you are taking his land. So I tell you this! In the same place that Naboth died, you will also die. The dogs that licked Naboth’s blood will lick your blood in the same place!’”

2 Kings 9:26

The Lord said, ‘Yesterday I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons. So I will punish Ahab in this field.’ The Lord said that. So take Joram’s body and throw it into the field, just like the Lord said!”

2 Chronicles 24:22

Joash the king didn’t remember Jehoiada’s kindness to him. Jehoiada was Zechariah’s father. But Joash killed Zechariah, Jehoiada’s son. Before Zechariah died, he said, “May the Lord see what you are doing and punish you!”

Nehemiah 9:32

Our God, you are the great God,\par the awesome, powerful soldier!\par And you are kind and loyal!\par You keep your agreement!\par We have had many troubles.\par And our troubles are important to you!\par Bad things happened to all our people,\par and to our kings and leaders,\par and to our priests and prophets.\par Those terrible things have happened\par from the days of the king of Assyria\par until today!\par

Psalm 10:12

Lord, get up and do something!\par God, punish those bad people!\par Don’t forget the poor people!\par

Psalm 107:18

Those people refused to eat,\par and they almost died.\par

Psalm 119:132

God, look at me and be kind to me.\par Do what is right for the people who\par love your name.\par

Psalm 119:153

Lord, see my suffering and rescue me.\par I have not forgotten your teachings.\par

Psalm 12:6

The Lord’s words are true and pure\par like silver melted in a hot fire.\par They are pure like silver that was melted and made pure seven times.\par

Psalm 13:3

Lord my God, look at me!\par Answer my question!\par Let me know the answer or I will die!\par

Psalm 142:6

Lord, listen to my prayer.\par I need you very much.\par Save me from the people who chase me.\par Those people are too strong for me.\par

Psalm 25:19

Look at all the enemies I have.\par They hate me and want to hurt me.\par

Psalm 30:3

You lifted me out of the grave.\par You let me live.\par I did not have to stay with the dead people\par lying in the pit. {\cf2\super [181]} \par

Psalm 38:19

My enemies are alive and healthy.\par And they have told many, many lies.\par

Psalm 51:1

God, be merciful to me,\par because of your great loving kindness,\par because of your great mercy,\par erase all my sins.\par

Psalm 56:13

Why? Because you saved me from death.\par You kept me from being defeated.\par So I will worship God in the light\par that only living people can see.\par

Psalm 86:13

God, you have such great love for me.\par You save me from the place of death.\par

Isaiah 38:10

I told myself I would live to be old.\par But then it was my time to go through\par the gates of Sheol. {\cf2\super [365]} \par Now I will spend all of my time there.\par

Lamentations 1:11

All the people of Jerusalem are groaning.\par All of her people are looking for food.\par They are giving away all their nice things for food.\par They are doing this to keep alive.\par Jerusalem says,\par “Look, Lord. Look at me!\par See how people hate me.\par

Lamentations 1:9

Jerusalem’s skirts became dirty.\par She didn’t think about the things\par that would happen to her.\par Her fall was amazing.\par She had no person to comfort her.\par She says,\par “Lord, see how I am hurt!\par See how my enemy thinks he is so great!”\par

John 2:6

In that place there were six large waterpots made of stone. The Jews used waterpots like these in their washing ceremonies. {\cf2\super [34]} Each waterpot held about 20 or 30 gallons.