KJV King James Version
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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Psalm 41:4
I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
WEB World English Bible
I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
ASV American Standard Version
I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I—I said, ‘O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,’
Surrounding context — Psalm 41
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; [and] he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].
7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
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Psalm 103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;James 5:15-16And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.2 Chronicles 30:18-20For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every onePsalm 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.Psalm 6:2-4Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.Psalm 32:5I 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.Psalm 51:1-4To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
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