Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

Bible in Basic English

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

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.

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 May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly! 29 I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me! 30 I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!

Cross References

Psalm 18:48

He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

Psalm 20:1

For the music director; a psalm of David. May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!

Psalm 22:27-31

Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! Let all the nations worship you!

Psalm 40:17

I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!

Psalm 59:1

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

Psalm 70:5

I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O Lord, do not delay!

Psalm 89:26-27

He will call out to me, 'You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.'

Psalm 91:14-16

The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me.

Psalm 109:22

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

Psalm 109:31

because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life.

Isaiah 53:2-3

He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him.

Matthew 8:20

Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

Ephesians 1:21-22

far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

Philippians 2:9-11

As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,

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