Psalms 69:17
and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
In Context
18Draw near to my soul, and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will thou forget me forever? How long will thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 27:9Hide not thy face from me. Put not thy servant away in anger. Thou have been my help. Cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 44:24Why do thou hide thy face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Psalms 70:1[Hasten], O God, to deliver me. Make haste to help me, O LORD.
Psalms 143:7Make 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.
Lamentations 3:22[It is of] LORD's loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions do not fail.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:14-22
Complaints and Petitions. 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord , in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Hear me, O Lord ; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy… Read the whole commentary →