Psalms 69:17

Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!

World English Bible

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, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

18Draw near to my soul and redeem it. Ransom me because of my enemies.

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Cross References

Psalms 13:1How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

Psalms 27:9Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

Psalms 70:1Hurry, God, to deliver me. Come quickly to help me, LORD.

Psalms 143:7Hurry to answer me, LORD. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Lamentations 3:22It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t 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 →

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