Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Lest i be like, etc

Bible References

Hear me

Psalm 13:1
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalm 40:13
Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
Psalm 70:5
But I am afflicted and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Thou art my help and my deliverer: O Jehovah, make no delay.
Psalm 71:12
O God, be not far from me; my God, hasten to my help.

My spirit

Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying, my throat is parched; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Luke 21:26
men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

Hide not

Psalm 22:24
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalm 27:9
Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalm 69:17
And hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble: answer me speedily.
Isaiah 8:17
And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him.

Lest i be like, etc

Psalm 28:1
{A Psalm of David.} Unto thee, Jehovah, do I call; my rock, be not silent unto me, lest, if thou keep silence toward me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalm 88:4
I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no strength:
Isaiah 38:18
For not Sheol shall praise thee, nor death celebrate thee; they that go down into the pit do not hope for thy truth.

General references

Deuteronomy 4:4
but ye that did cleave to Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.
Psalm 54:2
O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Psalm 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.