New English Translation
Psalms 69:17
17Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
Psalms 69:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Hide not your face from your servant, for I am in distress; make haste to answer me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.
Context of Psalms 69:17
15Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the pit devour me! 16Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me! Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! 18Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me! 19You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies.
Read all of Psalms 69Psalms 69:17 word by word
וְאַל־תַּסְתֵּ֣ר פָּ֭נֶיךָ מֵֽעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּֽי־צַר־לִ֝֗י מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 69:17
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
- Psalms 22:24For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.
- Psalms 27:9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
- Psalms 44:24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
- Psalms 102:2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!
- Psalms 143:9Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord! I run to you for protection.
- Matthew 27:46At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
- Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
- Psalms 40:13Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!
- Psalms 70:1O God, please be willing to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!
- Job 7:21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”
Commentaries on Psalms 69:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And hide not thy face from thy servant - See the notes at Psalm 27:9. For I am in trouble - In the midst of dangers and sorrows. Literally, “there is trouble upon me.” Hear me speedily - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Make haste to hear me.” That is, Grant me without delay what I ask. The case is one of urgent necessity. I “must” have relief or I shall perish. It is not wrong to ask God to interpose at once in our behalf when we are in trouble, though it is our…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-21Verses 13-21 Whatever deep waters of affliction or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us. The tokens of God's favour to us are enough to keep our spirits from sinking in the deepest outward troubles. If we think well of God, and continue to do so under the greatest hardships, we need not fear but he will do well for us. And if at any time we are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-18The psalmist can only pray for rescue and relief from his enemies.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1816-18. These earnest terms are often used, and the address to God, as indifferent or averse, is found in Psa 3:7; 22:24; 27:9, &c.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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