KJV King James Version
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
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Psalm 86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Turn to me and have mercy; grant Your strength to Your servant; save the son of Your maidservant.
WEB World English Bible
Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your handmaid.
ASV American Standard Version
Oh turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; Give thy strength unto thy servant, And save the son of thy handmaid.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Look unto me, and favour me, Give Thy strength to Thy servant, And give salvation to a son of Thine handmaid.
Surrounding context — Psalm 86
13 For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see [it], and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
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Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Isaiah 40:29-31He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.Psalm 25:16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I [am] desolate and afflicted.Psalm 116:16O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.Ephesians 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;Colossians 1:11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;Psalm 138:3In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, [and] strengthenedst me [with] strength in my soul.Psalm 69:16Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness [is] good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.Psalm 119:94I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.Psalm 84:5Blessed [is] the man whose strength [is] in thee; in whose heart [are] the ways [of them].Psalm 119:132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.Psalm 90:13Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.Psalm 28:7-8The LORD [is] my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.Zechariah 10:12And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.Luke 1:38And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.Isaiah 45:24Surely, shall [one] say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: [even] to him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
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