Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.

King James Version

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Holman Bible

Turn to me and be gracious to me.
Give Your strength to Your servant;
save the son of Your female servant.

International Standard Version

Return to me and have mercy on me; clothe your servant with your strength and deliver the son of your maid servant.

A Conservative Version

O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

American Standard Version

Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

Amplified


Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Grant Your strength [Your might and the power to resist temptation] to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.

Darby Translation

Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Julia Smith Translation

Turn to me and pity me; thou wilt give thy strength to thy servant, and save to the son of thy maid-servant

King James 2000

O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give your strength unto your servant, and save the son of your handmaid.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Turn to me and be gracious to me. Give your strength to your servant, and grant victory to the son of your maidservant.

Modern King James verseion

Oh turn to me, and have mercy on me; give Your strength to Your servant, and save the son of Your handmaid.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O turn thee then unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and help the son of thine handmaid.

NET Bible

Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave!

New Heart English Bible

Turn to me, and have mercy on me. Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

The Emphasized Bible

Turn thou unto me, and show me favour, - Give thy strength to thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.

Webster

O turn to me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

World English Bible

Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.

Youngs Literal Translation

Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.

References

Easton

Context Readings

Lament And Petition

15 But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth. 16 Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid.
17 Show me a token for good that those who hate me may see it and be ashamed because thou, O LORD, hast helped me and comforted me.

Cross References

Psalm 116:16

This is so, O LORD, because I am thy slave; I am thy slave, the son of thine handmaid; thou hast loosed my bonds.

Psalm 25:16

Ain Turn thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

Psalm 28:7-8

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song I will praise him.

Psalm 69:16

Hear me, O LORD, for thy mercy is perceptible, look upon me according to the multitude of thy acts of compassion

Psalm 84:5

Happy is the man whose strength is in thee, in whose heart are thy ways,

Psalm 90:13

Return unto us, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy slaves.

Psalm 119:94

I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Psalm 119:132

Look thou upon me and be merciful unto me, as thou didst use to do unto those that love thy name.

Psalm 138:3

In the day when I called, thou didst answer me and strengthen me with strength in my soul.

Isaiah 40:29-31

He gives power to the faint; and to those that have no might he increases strength.

Isaiah 45:24

And unto me he shall say, Surely in the LORD is the righteousness and the strength; until he shall come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.

Zechariah 10:12

And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

Luke 1:38

Then Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.

Ephesians 3:16

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man,

Ephesians 6:10

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.

Philippians 4:13

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Colossians 1:11

strengthened with all might, according to the power of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness,

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