New Living Translation
Psalms 25:17
17My problems go from bad to worse. Oh, save me from them all!
Psalms 25:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
- New International Version (NIV)Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The troubles of my heart are enlarged; bring me out of my distresses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses!
Context of Psalms 25:17
15My eyes are always on the Lord, for he rescues me from the traps of my enemies. 16Turn to me and have mercy, for I am alone and in deep distress. My problems go from bad to worse. Oh, save me from them all! 18Feel my pain and see my trouble. Forgive all my sins. 19See how many enemies I have and how viciously they hate me!
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:17 word by word
צָר֣וֹת לְבָבִ֣י הִרְחִ֑יבוּ מִ֝מְּצֽוּקוֹתַ֗י הוֹצִיאֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 25:17
- Psalms 34:19The righteous person faces many troubles, but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.
- Psalms 38:1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!
- Psalms 42:7I hear the tumult of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me.
- Psalms 77:2When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.
- Habakkuk 3:17Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,
- 1 Corinthians 4:11Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don’t have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.
Commentaries on Psalms 25:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The troubles of may heart are enlarged - The evils of our captive state, instead of lessening, seem to multiply, and each to be extended.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The troubles of my heart - The sorrows which spring upon the heart - particularly from the recollections of sin. Are enlarged - Have become great. They increased the more he reflected on the sins of his life. O bring thou me out of my distresses - Alike from my sins, and from the dangers which surround me. These two things, external trouble and the inward consciousness of guilt, are not infrequently combined. Outward trouble has a tendency to bring up the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 The psalmist concludes, as he began, with expressing dependence upon God, and desire toward him. It is good thus to hope, and quietly to wait for the salvation of the Lord. And if God turns to us, no matter who turns from us. He pleads his own integrity. Though guilty before God, yet, as to his enemies, he had the testimony of conscience that he had done them no wrong. God would, at length, give Israel rest from all their enemies round about…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18The psalmist finds no relief (see Psalms 4:1; 13:1–2) as his problems worsen. He connects his anguish to sin but does not explain the nature of his sin (see Psalm 25:7, 11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. A series of earnest appeals for aid because God had seemed to desert him (compare Psa 13:1; 17:13, &c.), his sins oppressed him, his enemies had enlarged his troubles and were multiplied, increasing in hate and violence (Psa 9:8; 18:48).Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 25:17
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 25
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries