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To You I Lift Up My Soul

Psalms 25:16

In 11 translations

BSB
Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
KJV
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
WEB
Turn to me, and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
ASV
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.
LSV
Turn to me, and favor me, || For I [am] lonely and afflicted.
YLT
Turn Thou unto me, and favour me, For lonely and afflicted [am] I.
DBY
Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.
DRC24:16
Look thou upon me, and have mercy on me; for I am alone and poor.
GNV
Turne thy face vnto mee, and haue mercie vpon me: for I am desolate and poore.
JPS
Turn Thee unto me, and be gracious unto me; for I am solitary and afflicted.
LXXE24:16
Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor.

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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
פְּנֵה־אֵלַ֥י וְחָנֵּ֑נִי כִּֽי־יָחִ֖יד וְעָנִ֣י אָֽנִי׃
LXX-Br24:16
Ἐπίβλεψον ἐπʼ ἐμὲ καὶ ἐλέησόν με, ὅτι μονογενὴς καὶ πτωχός εἰμι ἐγώ.

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 86:16Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
  • Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
  • Psalms 143:4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
  • Psalms 69:14–20Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters. Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me. Answer me, O…
  • Psalms 88:15–18From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every…
  • Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
  • Mark 15:33–35From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 24:16 in some Bibles
  • 25:16 in most Bibles

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