Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

When I remember God, then I am disturbed;
When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.

King James Version

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Holman Bible

I think of God; I groan;
I meditate; my spirit becomes weak.Selah

International Standard Version

I remember God, and I groan; I meditate, while my spirit grows faint. Interlude

A Conservative Version

I remember God, and am disquieted. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

American Standard Version

I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah

Amplified


I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan;
I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

Darby Translation

I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Julia Smith Translation

I will remember God and I shall be disquieted: I shall be depressed and my spirit will languish. Silence.

King James 2000

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

Lexham Expanded Bible

I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint.

Modern King James verseion

I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit fainted. Selah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When I was in heaviness, I thought upon God: when my heart was vexed, then did I speak. Selah.

NET Bible

I said, "I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me." (Selah)

New Heart English Bible

I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

The Emphasized Bible

I remember God and I murmur, I muse, and my spirit swooneth. Selah.

Webster

I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.

World English Bible

I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

Youngs Literal Translation

I remember God, and make a noise, I meditate, and feeble is my spirit. Selah.

Context Readings

Confidence In A Time Of Crisis

2 In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted. 3 When I remember God, then I am disturbed;
When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah.
4 You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Cross References

Psalm 61:2

In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to the rock that is my safe refuge,

Job 6:4

The Almighty's arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God's terrors set themselves against me.

Job 7:11

I will not keep from speaking. I must express my anguish. I must complain in my bitterness.

Job 23:15-16

Therefore, I would be dismayed at his presence. I stand in awe of him.

Job 31:23

I was in terror of destruction from God and I could not face his majesty.

Psalm 42:5

Why am I discouraged? Why am I so restless? I put my hope in God for I will still praise him. He is my salvation and my God.

Psalm 42:11

Why am I in despair? Why have I become disturbed within me? Wait for God for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance and my God.

Psalm 43:5

Why am I in despair? Why am I so deeply disturbed within me? I will put my hope in God, for I will praise him as my salvation and my God.

Psalm 55:4-5

My heart is in turmoil within me. The terrors of death have seized me.

Psalm 88:3-18

I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.

Psalm 102:3-28

My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.

Psalm 142:2-3

I pour out my complaints in his presence and tell him my troubles.

Psalm 143:4-5

Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me. My heart is devastated within me.

Jeremiah 17:17

Do not cause me fear and anxiety. For you are my refuge in the day of disaster.

Lamentations 3:17

Peace has been removed far away from me. I do not remember what good is.

Lamentations 3:39

What protest may a living man make? Can a man protest about the punishment for his sin?

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