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Psalms 86:17

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.

KJV

Show me a token for good, That they who hate me may see it, and be put to shame, Because thou, Jehovah, hast helped me, and comforted me.

ASV

עֲשֵֽׂה עִמִּ֥/י א֗וֹת לְ/ט֫וֹבָ֥ה וְ/יִרְא֣וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣/י וְ/יֵבֹ֑שׁוּ כִּֽי אַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עֲזַרְתַּ֥/נִי וְ/נִחַמְתָּֽ/נִי

Hebrew

Do with me a sign for good, And those hating me see and are ashamed, For Thou, O Jehovah, hast helped me, Yea, Thou hast comforted me!

YLT

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֔וֹת
'vt
noun · 78×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
ט֣וֹב
tvb
verb · 562×
י
y
verb · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֵבֹ֣שׁוּ
ybshv
verb · 112×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
נִי
ny
verb · 82×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 5:5 — To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
  • 2Cor 1:4 — Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
  • Exod 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Gen 15:8 — And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
  • Isa 38:22 — Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?
  • Judg 6:17 — And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
  • Judg 6:17 — And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
  • Judg 13:23 — But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor wou
  • Mic 7:8 — Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
  • Ps 6:10 — Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
  • Ps 40:1 — I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
  • Ps 41:10 — But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
  • Ps 41:11 — By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
  • Ps 71:9 — Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
  • Ps 71:20 — Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
  • Ps 71:21 — Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
  • Ps 74:9 — We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
  • Ps 109:29 — Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
  • Ps 112:10 — The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
  • Ps 118:13 — Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
  • Ps 119:82 — Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?