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Psalms 69:16

Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

KJV

Answer me, O Jehovah; for thy lovingkindness is good: According to the multitude of thy tender mercies turn thou unto me.

ASV

אַל תִּשְׁטְפֵ֤/נִי שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת מַ֭יִם וְ/אַל תִּבְלָעֵ֣/נִי מְצוּלָ֑ה וְ/אַל תֶּאְטַר עָלַ֖/י בְּאֵ֣ר פִּֽי/הָ

Hebrew

Answer me, O Jehovah, for good is Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,

YLT

Answer me, LORD, for your loving kindness is good. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, turn to me.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בְּאֵ֣ר
b'r
noun · 36×
י
y
noun · 496×
ם
m
verb · 50×
מְצוּלָ֑ה
mtsvlh
noun · 11×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁבֳּלִ֔ים
shblym
noun · 19×
שָׁטַ֣ף
shtp
verb · 31×
תֶּאְטַר
t'tr
verb · 1×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Mic 7:19 — He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
  • Ps 5:3 — My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
  • Ps 5:7 — But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
  • Ps 25:16 — Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
  • Ps 26:11 — But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
  • Ps 40:11 — Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
  • Ps 51:1 — Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
  • Ps 51:1 — Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
  • Ps 63:3 — Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
  • Ps 63:3 — Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
  • Ps 69:13 — But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
  • Ps 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
  • Ps 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
  • Ps 86:16 — O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
  • Ps 106:45 — And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Ps 106:45 — And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
  • Ps 109:21 — But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
  • Ps 109:21 — But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
  • Ps 109:26 — Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
  • Ps 119:41 — Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
  • Ps 119:124 — Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
  • Ps 119:149 — Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.