Psalms 143:7
Yahweh, I am very discouraged, so please answer me right now! Do not hide from me, because if you do that, I will soon be [SIM] among those who descend to where the dead people are.
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Psalms 22:24He does not despise or ignore those who are suffering; he does not hide ◄his face/himself► from them. He has listened to them when they cried out to him for help.
Psalms 28:1Yahweh, I call out to you; you are like an overhanging rock under which I can hide. Do not refuse to answer me, because if you are silent, I will soon be with those who are in their graves.
Psalms 40:17As for me, I am poor and needy [DOU]; but I know that Yahweh has not forgotten me. O my God, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly and help me!
Psalms 69:17Do not ◄hide yourself from/refuse to hear► me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble.
Psalms 70:5As for me, I am poor and needy [DOU]; so God, come quickly to help me! Yahweh, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly!
Psalms 84:2I [SYN] would like to be there; Yahweh, I desire that very much [DOU]. With all of my inner being I sing joyfully to you, the all-powerful God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 143:2-7
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Hear my prayer, O Lord , give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate… Read the whole commentary →