Psalms 69:17
(69:18) And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
In Context
18(69:19) Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: because of my enemies do thou ransom me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (13:2) How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 27:9Hide [then] not thy face from me; reject not in anger thy servant, thou [who] hast been my help: cast me not off, nor forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms 44:24(44:25) Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, wilt thou forget our misery, and our oppression?
Psalms 70:1“To the chief musician, by David, to bring to remembrance.” (70:2) O God, [arise] to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.
Psalms 143:7Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those that go down into the pit.
Lamentations 3:22It is through the Lord's kindness that we are not consumed, because his mercies have no end;
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 →