Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or I will become like
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
International Standard Version
Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit is failing. Do not hide your face from me; otherwise, I will become like those who descend to the Pit,
A Conservative Version
Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).
Darby Translation
Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Julia Smith Translation
Quickly answer me, O Jehovah: my spirit failed: thou wilt not hide thy face from me: I was made like those going down to the pit.
King James 2000
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.
Modern King James verseion
Hear me quickly, O Jehovah; my spirit fails; do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the Pit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.
NET Bible
Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.
New Heart English Bible
Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, so that I do not become like those who go down into the pit.
Webster
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.
World English Bible
Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me, so that I don't become like those who go down into the pit.
Youngs Literal Translation
Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 143:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry For Help
6
I stretch out my hands to you for I long for you, like a parched land.
7
Or I will become like
Names
Cross References
Psalm 69:17
Do not hide your face (turn away) from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
Psalm 27:9
Do not hide your face from me. Do not angrily turn me away. You have been my help. Do not leave me! Do not abandon me, O God of my salvation!
Psalm 28:1
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, I call to you. O my rock, do not turn a deaf ear to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit (grave).
Psalm 13:1-4
([Psalm of David]) How long, O Jehovah? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalm 22:24
Jehovah has not despised or been disgusted with the plight of the oppressed one. He has not hidden his face from that person. Jehovah heard when that oppressed person cried out to him for help.
Psalm 40:12-13
Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart (lost strength, courage and motivation).
Psalm 40:17
I am oppressed and needy. May Jehovah think of me. You are my help and my salvation. O my God, do not delay!
Psalm 69:3
I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Psalm 70:5
But I am oppressed and needy. O God, come to me quickly. You are my help and my deliverer. O Jehovah do not delay!
Psalm 71:12
O God, do not be so distant from me. O my God, come quickly to help me.
Psalm 84:2
How I want to be there! I long to be in Jehovah's temple. With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God.
Psalm 88:4-6
I am numbered with those who go into the pit. I am like a man without any strength.
Psalm 88:10-11
Will you perform miracles for those who are dead? Will the dead rise and give thanks to you?
Psalm 102:2
Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Incline your ear to me. In the day when I call answer me quickly.
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for Jehovah, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.
Isaiah 38:18
For the grave cannot praise you, death cannot sing your praise. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made.
Luke 21:26
Men will faint out of fear for expectation of the things coming on the world. The powers of the heavens shall be shaken.