Psalm 143:7 - Tree of Life Version Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the Pit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 Send forth your hand from on high: rescue me, and free me from many waters, from the hand of the sons of foreigners. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Put forth thy hand from on high, take me out, and deliver me from many waters: from the hand of strange children: |
You who fear Adonai, praise Him! All Jacob’s descendants, glorify Him! Revere Him, all you seed of Israel.
Do not hide Your face from me. Do not turn Your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Do not abandon me or forsake me, O God my salvation.
Of David. To You, Adonai, I call— my Rock, do not be deaf to me. If You were silent to me, I would become like those going down to the Pit.
Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. Let those who love Your salvation continually say: “Adonai be magnified!”
Answer me, Adonai, for good is Your mercy. With Your great compassion, turn to me.
Hide not Your face from Your servant. For I am in distress—answer me quickly.
I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no footing, I have come into deep waters, and a flood sweeps over me.
But may all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified.”
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but longing fulfilled is a tree of life.
For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry, for the spirit would grow weak before Me, the breath of those whom I made.
I will wait for Adonai, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look eagerly for Him.
People will lose heart from fear and anticipation of what is overtaking the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.