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The Waters Are up to My Neck

Psalms 69:16

In 11 translations

BSB
Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
KJV
Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
WEB
Answer me, Yahweh, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.
ASV
Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.
LSV
Answer me, O YHWH, for Your kindness [is] good, || Turn to me according to the abundance of Your mercies,
YLT
Answer me, O Jehovah, for good [is] Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,
DBY
Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy loving-kindness is good: according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, turn toward me;
DRC68:17
Hear me, O Lord, for thy mercy is kind; look upon me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
GNV
Heare me, O Lord, for thy louing kindnes is good: turne vnto me according to ye multitude of thy tender mercies.
JPS69:17
Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.
LXXE68:17
Hear me, O Lord; for thy mercy is good: according to the multitude of thy compassions look upon me.

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Original-language editions

WLC69:17
עֲנֵ֣נִי יְ֭הוָה כִּי־ט֣וֹב חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ כְּרֹ֥ב רַ֝חֲמֶ֗יךָ פְּנֵ֣ה אֵלָֽי׃KJV:Ps.69.16
LXX-Br68:17
Εἰσάκουσόν μου Κύριε, ὅτι χρηστὸν τὸ ἔλεός σου, κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν σου ἐπίβλεψον ἐπʼ ἐμε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 109:21But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
  • Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
  • Psalms 63:3Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
  • Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  • 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.
  • Psalms 26:11But I will walk with integrity; redeem me and be merciful to me.
  • Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
  • Psalms 51:1Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
  • Psalms 86:15–16But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness. Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
  • Isaiah 63:7I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us— the many good things for the house of Israel according to His great compassion and loving devotion.
  • Psalms 36:7How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!

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  • 69:17 in some Bibles
  • 69:16 in most Bibles

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