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The Prayer of the Afflicted

Psalms 102:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
KJV
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
WEB
Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.
ASV
Hide not thy face from me in the day of my distress: Incline thine ear unto me; In the day when I call answer me speedily.
LSV
Do not hide Your face from me, || In a day of my adversity, || Incline Your ear to me, || In the day I call, hurry, answer me.
YLT
Hide not Thou Thy face from me, In a day of mine adversity, Incline unto me Thine ear, In the day I call, haste, answer me.
DBY
Hide not thy face from me: in the day of my trouble, incline thine ear unto me; in the day I call, answer me speedily.
DRC101:3
Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.
GNV
Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine eares vnto me: when I call, make haste to heare me.
JPS102:3
Hide not Thy face from me in the day of my distress; incline Thine ear unto me; in the day when I call answer me speedily.
LXXE101:3
Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am afflicted, incline thine ear to me: in the day when I shall call upon thee, speedily hear me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC102:3
אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ בְּי֪וֹם צַ֫ר לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אָזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃KJV:Ps.102.2
LXX-Br101:3
Μὴ ἀποστρέψῃς τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ θλίβομαι, κλῖνον πρὸς μὲ τὸ οὖς σου· ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε, ταχὺ εἰσάκουσόν μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
  • Psalms 27:9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
  • Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
  • Psalms 70:1Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
  • Psalms 71:2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
  • Psalms 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
  • Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  • Acts 12:5–25So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him. On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries…
  • Psalms 88:2–18May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. I am…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand…
  • Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
  • Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
  • Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  • Psalms 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
  • Psalms 22:19But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me.
  • Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 102:3 in some Bibles
  • 102:2 in most Bibles

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