KJV King James Version
A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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Psalm 141:1
A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
WEB World English Bible
A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
ASV American Standard Version
A Psalm of David. Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A Psalm, by David. O Jehovah, I have called Thee, haste to me, Give ear to my voice when I call to Thee.
Surrounding context — Psalm 141
1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
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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.Psalm 71:12O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.Psalm 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.Psalm 69:17-18And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.Psalm 143:7Hear 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.Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].Psalm 22:19But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.Psalm 143:1A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
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