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Psalms 69:29

But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

KJV

But I am poor and sorrowful: Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.

ASV

יִ֭מָּחֽוּ מִ/סֵּ֣פֶר חַיִּ֑ים וְ/עִ֥ם צַ֝דִּיקִ֗ים אַל יִכָּתֵֽבוּ

Hebrew

And I am afflicted and pained, Thy salvation, O God, doth set me on high.

YLT

But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יִמָּחֶ֥ה
ymchh
verb · 35×
כְּתוּבִ֗ים
ktvbym
verb · 225×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Isa 53:2 — For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • Phil 2:9 — Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
  • Prov 29:25 — The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
  • Ps 18:48 — He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
  • Ps 20:1 — The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
  • Ps 22:24 — For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
  • Ps 40:17 — But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
  • Ps 59:1 — Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
  • Ps 70:5 — But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
  • Ps 70:5 — But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
  • Ps 91:14 — Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
  • 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 109:22 — For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
  • Ps 109:31 — For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.