Psalms 143:7

143:6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. lest: or, for I am become like, etc

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Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit.

Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like to them that go down into the pit.

143:8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.

What does Psalms 143:7 mean?

Psalms 143:7 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָנָה (ʻânâh), מַהֵר (mahêr), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Hearעָנָהʻânâh/aw-naw'/H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

speedily,מַהֵרmahêr/mah-hare'/H4118properly, hurrying; hence (adverbially) in ahurry

LORD:יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

spiritרוּחַrûwach/roo'-akh/H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)

faileth:כָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

hideסָתַרçâthar/saw-thar'/H5641to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

not

thy

faceפָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

from

me,

lest

likeמָשַׁלmâshal/maw-shal'/H4911to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble

unto

them

that

downיָרַדyârad/yaw-rad'/H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

into

the

pit.בּוֹרbôwr/bore/H953a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison)

lest:

or,

for

become

like,

etc

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 143:7.

Deuteronomy 7:22

And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. put: Heb. pluck off

Exodus 19:18

And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.

Exodus 34:23

Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel.

Exodus 34:24

For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year.

Exodus 34:6

And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

Genesis 17:1

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. perfect: or, upright, or, sincere

Genesis 19:13

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

Leviticus 1:5

And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 143:7 say?

Psalms 143:7 (King James Version) reads: "Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. lest: or, for I am become like, etc"

Is Psalms 143:7 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 143:7 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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