KJV King James Version
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
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Psalm 31:22
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
WEB World English Bible
As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
ASV American Standard Version
As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications, When I cried unto thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I—I have said in my haste, ‘I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,’ But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 31
19 [Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed [be] the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints: [for] the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַאֲנִ֤י׀H589 · a.niIאָ֘מַ֤רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayבְחָפְזִ֗יH2648 · cha.phazto hurryנִגְרַזְתִּי֮H1629 · ga.razto cut offמִנֶּ֪גֶדH5048 · ne.gedbeforeעֵ֫ינֶ֥יךָH5869 · a.yineyeאָכֵ֗ןH403 · a.khensurelyשָׁ֭מַעְתָּH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearק֥וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceתַּחֲנוּנַ֗יH8469 · ta.cha.nunsupplicationבְּשַׁוְּעִ֥יH7768 · sha.vato cryאֵלֶֽיךָ׃H413 · elto(wards)
Cross-references
Psalm 116:11I said in my haste, All men [are] liars.Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Psalm 88:16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.Jonah 2:7-9When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.Job 35:14Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, [yet] judgment [is] before him; therefore trust thou in him.Psalm 6:9The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.Ezekiel 37:11Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.Lamentations 3:54-55Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.2 Chronicles 33:11-13Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.Jonah 2:4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.Isaiah 38:10-12I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.1 Samuel 23:26And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.Isaiah 6:5Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone; because I [am] a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.Psalm 31:17Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, [and] let them be silent in the grave.
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