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The LORD Has Heard My Voice

Psalms 116:4

In 11 translations

BSB
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
KJV
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
WEB
Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
ASV
Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
LSV
And in the Name of YHWH I call: Ah, now, O YHWH, deliver my soul,
YLT
And in the name of Jehovah I call: I pray Thee, O Jehovah, deliver my soul,
DBY
Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: I beseech thee, Jehovah, deliver my soul.
DRC114:4
And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
GNV
Then I called vpon the Name of the Lord, saying, I beseech thee, O Lord, deliuer my soule.
JPS
But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'
LXXE114:4
Then I called on the name of the Lord: O Lord, deliver my soul.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּבְשֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַלְּטָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃
LXX-Br114:4
καὶ τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου ἐπεκαλεσάμην, ὦ Κύριε ῥῦσαι τὴν ψυχήν μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
  • Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
  • Psalms 143:6–9I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah Answer 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. Let me hear…
  • Luke 23:42–43Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom!” And Jesus said to him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”
  • Psalms 30:7–8O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed. To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:
  • Luke 18:13But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
  • Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  • Psalms 142:4–6Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul. I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Listen to my cry, for I am brought…
  • Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
  • Psalms 22:1–3My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. Yet You are holy,…
  • Psalms 25:17The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
  • 2 Chronicles 33:12–13And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers. And when he prayed to Him, the LORD received his plea and heard his petition; so He…
  • Psalms 40:12–13For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to…
  • Isaiah 37:15–20And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and…
  • Isaiah 38:1–3In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’” Then Hezekiah…
  • Psalms 6:4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

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