Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord.

New American Standard Bible

But I am afflicted and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

King James Version

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Holman Bible

But as for me—poor and in pain—
let Your salvation protect me, God.

International Standard Version

As for me, I am afflicted and hurting; may your deliverance, God, establish me on high.

A Conservative Version

But I am poor and sorrowful. Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

American Standard Version

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Amplified


But I am sorrowful and in pain;
May Your salvation, O God, set me [securely] on high.

Darby Translation

But I am afflicted and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me secure on high.

Julia Smith Translation

And I am poor and dejected: and thy salvation, O God, shall set me up on high.

King James 2000

But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But as for me, [though] I [am] afflicted and pained, your salvation will protect me, O God.

Modern King James verseion

But I am poor and sorrowful; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for me, I am poor and in heaviness; let thy help defend me, O God.

NET Bible

I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

New Heart English Bible

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

The Emphasized Bible

I, then, am humbled and in pain, Thy salvation, O God, may it set me on high.

Webster

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

World English Bible

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

Youngs Literal Translation

And I am afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.

Verse Info

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

28 Let their names be taken from the book of the living, let them not be numbered with the upright. 29 But I am poor and full of sorrow; let me be lifted up by your salvation, O Lord. 30 I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

Cross References

Psalm 18:48

He makes me free from my haters; I am lifted up over those who come up against me: you have made me free from the violent man.

Psalm 20:1

May the Lord give ear to you in the day of trouble; may you be placed on high by the name of the God of Jacob;

Psalm 22:27-31

All the ends of the earth will keep it in mind and be turned to the Lord: all the families of the nations will give him worship.

Psalm 40:17

Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.

Psalm 59:1

Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.

Psalm 70:5

But I am poor and in need; come to me quickly, O God; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O Lord.

Psalm 89:26-27

He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

Psalm 91:14-16

Because he has given me his love, I will take him out of danger: I will put him in a place of honour, because he has kept my name in his heart.

Psalm 109:22

For I am poor and in need, and my heart is wounded in me.

Psalm 109:31

For he is ever at the right hand of the poor, to take him out of the hands of those who go after his soul.

Isaiah 53:2-3

For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

Matthew 8:20

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you see the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, how though he had wealth, he became poor on your account, so that through his need you might have wealth.

Ephesians 1:21-22

Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

Philippians 2:9-11

For this reason God has put him in the highest place and has given to him the name which is greater than every name;

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