KJV King James Version
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
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Psalm 32:6
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
WEB World English Bible
For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
ASV American Standard Version
For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
Surrounding context — Psalm 32
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
עַל־H5921 · aluponזֹ֡אתH2063 · zotthisיִתְפַּלֵּ֬לH6419 · pa.lalto prayכָּל־H3605 · kolallחָסִ֨יד׀H2623 · cha.sidpiousאֵלֶיךָ֮H413 · elto(wards)לְעֵ֪תH6256 · ettimeמְ֫צֹ֥אH4672 · ma.tsato findרַ֗קH7535 · raqexceptלְ֭שֵׁטֶףH7858 · she.tephfloodמַ֣יִםH4325 · ma.yimwaterרַבִּ֑יםH7227 · ravmanyאֵ֝לָ֗יוH413 · elto(wards)לֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיַגִּֽיעוּ׃H5060 · na.gato touch
Cross-references
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I [will be] with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.2 Corinthians 6:2(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)Proverbs 1:28Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:Psalm 34:2-5My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear [thereof], and be glad.Psalm 4:3But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.Matthew 7:24-27Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:Psalm 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.Psalm 40:3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.John 7:34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.Psalm 144:7Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;Psalm 124:4-5Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:Psalm 69:13-15But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.Titus 2:12Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;Luke 19:42-44Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.Genesis 7:17-22And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.Isaiah 49:8Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;2 Corinthians 1:4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
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