Psalms 69:17
Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in trouble; O answer me speedily.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
In Context
16Answer me, Lord, in your gracious kindness, turn to me in your great compassion.
18Draw near to me, redeem me; because of my enemies, ransom me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalms 27:9Hide not your face from me, reject not your servant in anger: for you have been my help. Abandon me not, nor forsake me, O God of my help:
Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face, forgetting our stress and our misery?
Psalms 70:1Quickly, God, deliver me, hasten to help me, Lord.
Psalms 143:7Answer me soon, Lord, because my spirit is spent. Hide not your face from me, else become I like those who go down to the pit.
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 →