KJV King James Version
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
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Jeremiah 17:14
Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
WEB World English Bible
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise.
ASV American Standard Version
Heal me, O Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Heal me, O Jehovah, and I am healed, Save me, and I am saved, for my praise art Thou.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 17
11 [As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
12 A glorious high throne from the beginning [is] the place of our sanctuary.
13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, [and] they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
14 Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou [art] my praise.
15 Behold, they say unto me, Where [is] the word of the LORD? let it come now.
16 As for me, I have not hastened from [being] a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was [right] before thee.
17 Be not a terror unto me: thou [art] my hope in the day of evil.
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Psalm 6:2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand.Psalm 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, [and] to triumph in thy praise.Luke 4:18The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,Psalm 6:4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.Isaiah 57:18-19I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.Deuteronomy 10:21He [is] thy praise, and he [is] thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.Psalm 109:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;Jeremiah 15:20And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I [am] with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD.Matthew 14:30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [thus]; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed [to the yoke]: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou [art] the LORD my God.Matthew 8:25And his disciples came to [him], and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.Psalm 60:5That thy beloved may be delivered; save [with] thy right hand, and hear me.Psalm 148:14He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; [even] of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.Psalm 12:4Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips [are] our own: who [is] lord over us?
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