KJV King James Version
But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 40:17
But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
WEB World English Bible
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
ASV American Standard Version
But I am poor and needy; Yet the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And I am poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer art Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.
Surrounding context — Psalm 40
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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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.niIעָנִ֣יH6041 · a.niafflictedוְאֶבְיוֹן֮H34 · ev.yonneedyאֲדֹנָ֪יH136 · a.do.naiLordיַחֲשָׁ֫בH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designלִ֥יH9030 · nimeעֶזְרָתִ֣יH5833 · ez.rahhelpוּמְפַלְטִ֣יH6403 · pa.latto escapeאַ֑תָּהH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)אֱ֝לֹהַ֗יH430 · e.lo.himGodאַל־H408 · alnotתְּאַחַֽר׃H309 · a.charto delay
Cross-references
Psalm 70:5But I [am] poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.Hebrews 13:6So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.Isaiah 41:17[When] the poor and needy seek water, and [there is] none, [and] their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, [I] the God of Israel will not forsake them.1 Peter 5:7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.Psalm 34:6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.Psalm 86:1A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.Psalm 54:4Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.Psalm 143:7-8Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.1 Peter 2:23Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:Psalm 40:5Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.Isaiah 50:7-9For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?Psalm 69:33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.Revelation 22:20He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.Matthew 8:20And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay [his] head.Psalm 109:22For I [am] poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
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