Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me!
Psalms 70:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
- KJV
- But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
- WEB
- But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay.
- ASV
- But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying.
- LSV
- And I [am] poor and needy, O God, hurry to me, || You [are] my help and my deliverer, || O YHWH, do not linger!
- YLT
- And I [am] poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not!
- DBY
- But I am afflicted and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Thou art my help and my deliverer: O Jehovah, make no delay.Elohim
- DRC69:6
- But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay.
- GNV
- Nowe I am poore and needie: O God, make haste to me: thou art mine helper, and my deliuerer: O Lord, make no tarying.
- JPS
- But I am poor and needy; O God, make haste unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, tarry not.
- LXXE69:6
- But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.
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Original-language editions
- WLC70:6
- וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֱלֹהִ֪ים חֽוּשָׁ֫ה־לִּ֥י עֶזְרִ֣י וּמְפַלְטִ֣י אַ֑תָּה יְ֝הוָ֗ה אַל־תְּאַחַֽר׃KJV:Ps.70.5
- LXX-Br69:6
- Ἐγὼ δὲ πτωχὸς καὶ πένης, ὁ Θεὸς βοήθησόν μοι· βοηθός μου, καὶ ῥύστης μου εἶ σὺ, Κύριε μὴ χρονίσῃς.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- Psalms 141:1I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
- Revelation 22:20He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
- Psalms 69:29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
- Hebrews 10:37For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- Psalms 13:1–2How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
- Psalms 109:22For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 70:6 in some Bibles
- 70:5 in most Bibles
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