KJV King James Version
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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Psalm 9:13
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Be merciful to me, O LORD; see how my enemies afflict me! Lift me up from the gates of death,
WEB World English Bible
Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;
ASV American Standard Version
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction which I suffer of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,
Surrounding context — Psalm 9
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings.
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
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Psalm 30:3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.Isaiah 38:10I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.Psalm 86:13For great [is] thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.Psalm 13:3Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;Psalm 107:18Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.Psalm 119:153RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.Psalm 142:6Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.Psalm 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?Psalm 119:132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.Psalm 116:3-4The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.Nehemiah 9:32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.Psalm 25:19Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.Lamentations 1:11All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.Lamentations 1:9Her filthiness [is] in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified [himself].Psalm 51:1To 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.Psalm 38:19But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.John 2:6And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
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