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I Lift My Voice to the LORD

Psalms 142:7

In 11 translations

BSB
Free my soul from prison, that I may praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because of Your goodness to me.
KJV
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
WEB
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
ASV
Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
LSV
Bring forth my soul from prison to confess Your Name, || The righteous surround me about, || When You confer benefits on me!
YLT
Bring forth from prison my soul to confess Thy name, The righteous do compass me about, When Thou conferrest benefits upon me!
DBY
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may celebrate thy name. The righteous shall surround me, because thou dealest bountifully with me.
DRC141:8
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.
GNV
Bring my soule out of prison, that I may prayse thy Name: then shall the righteous come about me, when thou art beneficiall vnto me.
JPS142:8
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks unto Thy name; the righteous shall crown themselves because of me; for Thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
LXXE141:8
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to thy name, O Lord; the righteous shall wait for me, until thou recompense 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

WLC142:8
ה֘וֹצִ֤יאָה מִמַּסְגֵּ֨ר ׀ נַפְשִׁי֮ לְהוֹד֪וֹת אֶת־שְׁ֫מֶ֥ךָ בִּ֭י יַכְתִּ֣רוּ צַדִּיקִ֑ים כִּ֖י תִגְמֹ֣ל עָלָֽי׃KJV:Ps.142.7
LXX-Br141:8
Ἐξάγαγε ἐκ φυλακῆς τὴν ψυχήν μου, τοῦ ἐξομολογήσασθαι τῷ ὀνόματί σου, Κύριε· ἐμὲ ὑπομενοῦσι δίκαιοι, ἕως οὗ ἀνταποδῷς μοι.

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 143:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
  • Psalms 146:7He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  • Psalms 7:6–7Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment. Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.
  • Psalms 13:6I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
  • 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,
  • James 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
  • Psalms 9:14that I may declare all Your praises— that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
  • Psalms 116:7Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
  • Psalms 119:17Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
  • Psalms 142:1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
  • Psalms 34:2My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
  • Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
  • Psalms 9:3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
  • Psalms 88:4–8I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care. You have…
  • Psalms 119:74May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 142:8 in some Bibles
  • 142:7 in most Bibles

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