The LORD Has Heard My Voice
Psalms 116:16
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
- KJV
- O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
- WEB
- Yahweh, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.
- ASV
- O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.
- LSV
- Ah, now, O YHWH, for I [am] Your servant; I [am] Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have opened my bonds.
- YLT
- Cause [it] to come, O Jehovah, for I [am] Thy servant. I [am] Thy servant, son of Thy handmaid, Thou hast opened my bonds.
- DBY
- Yea, Jehovah! for I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
- DRC115:7
- O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
- GNV
- Beholde, Lord: for I am thy seruant, I am thy seruant, and the sonne of thine handmaide: thou hast broken my bondes.
- JPS
- I beseech Thee, O LORD, for I am Thy servant; I am Thy servant, the son of Thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bands.
- LXXE115:7
- O Lord, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast burst my bonds asunder.
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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
- WLC
- אָֽנָּ֣ה יְהוָה֮ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֪י עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲֽנִי־עַ֭בְדְּךָ בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ לְמוֹסֵרָֽי׃
- LXX-Br115:7
- Ὦ Κύριε ἐγὼ δοῦλος σὸς, ἐγὼ δοῦλος σὸς, καὶ υἱὸς τῆς παιδίσκης σου, διέῤῥηξας τοὺς δεσμούς μου.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
HallelHymnBondTemple, the SecondVulgateHandmaidLiberty, ChristianVowsBandMissionaries, All Christians Should Be as
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 86:16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
- Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
- Psalms 119:125I am Your servant; give me understanding, that I may know Your testimonies.
- James 1:1James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
- Acts 27:23For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me
- Psalms 107:14–16He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke away their chains. Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men. For He has broken down the gates of…
- 2 Chronicles 33:11–13So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. And in his distress, Manasseh…
- Romans 6:22But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.
- John 12:26If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 115:7 in some Bibles
- 116:16 in most Bibles