Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay. New Living Translation But as for me, I am poor and needy; please hurry to my aid, O God. You are my helper and my savior; O LORD, do not delay. English Standard Version But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay! Berean Standard Bible But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. King James Bible But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. New King James Version But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. New American Standard Bible But I am afflicted and needy; Hurry to me, God! You are my help and my savior; LORD, do not delay. NASB 1995 But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. NASB 1977 But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. Legacy Standard Bible But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my protector; O Yahweh, do not delay. Amplified Bible But I am afflicted and needy; Come quickly to me, O God! You are my help and my rescuer; O LORD, do not delay. Christian Standard Bible I am oppressed and needy; hurry to me, God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay. Holman Christian Standard Bible I am afflicted and needy; hurry to me, God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay. American Standard Version But I am poor and needy; Make haste unto me, O God: Thou art my help and my deliverer; O Jehovah, make no tarrying. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I am poor and afflicted, oh, God, stay with me; you are my helper and my deliverer; my God, do not delay! Brenton Septuagint Translation But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not. Contemporary English Version I am poor and needy, but you, the LORD God, care about me. You are the one who saves me. Please hurry and help! Douay-Rheims Bible But I am needy and poor; O God, help me. Thou art my helper and my deliverer: O Lord, make no delay. English Revised Version But I am poor and needy; make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. GOD'S WORD® Translation But I am oppressed and needy. O God, come to me quickly. You are my help and my savior. O LORD, do not delay! Good News Translation I am weak and poor; come to me quickly, O God. You are my savior and my LORD--hurry to my aid! International Standard Version As for me, I am poor and needy. God, come quickly to me. You are my helper and my deliverer. LORD, please do not delay. JPS Tanakh 1917 But I am poor and needy; O God, make haste unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, tarry not. Literal Standard Version And I [am] poor and needy, O God, hurry to me, | You [are] my help and my deliverer, | O YHWH, do not linger! Majority Standard Bible But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. New American Bible I am miserable and poor. God, come to me quickly! You are my help and deliverer. LORD, do not delay! NET Bible I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O LORD, do not delay! New Revised Standard Version But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay! New Heart English Bible But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, do not delay. Webster's Bible Translation But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no delay. World English Bible But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. Yahweh, don’t delay. Young's Literal Translation And I am poor and needy, O God, haste to me, My help and my deliverer art Thou, O Jehovah, tarry Thou not! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Hurry, O LORD, to Help Me…4May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “Let God be magnified!” 5But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. Cross References Psalm 22:19 But You, O LORD, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help me. Psalm 40:17 But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay. Psalm 69:29 But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God. Psalm 70:4 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, "Let God be magnified!" Psalm 71:12 Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me. Psalm 86:1 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. Psalm 141:1 I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. Treasury of Scripture But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. I am Psalm 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. Psalm 69:29 But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. Psalm 109:22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. make Psalm 141:1 A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. O Lord Psalm 13:1,2 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? … Hebrews 10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. Revelation 22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. Jump to Previous Afflicted Delay Deliverer Haste Hasten Help Need Needy Poor Quickly Saviour Tarry TarryingJump to Next Afflicted Delay Deliverer Haste Hasten Help Need Needy Poor Quickly Saviour Tarry TarryingPsalm 70 1. David solicits God to the speedy destruction of the wicked, 4. and preservation of the godly (5) Make haste unto me, O God.--In Psalm 40:17, "The Lord (Adonai) thinketh on me."Verse 5. - But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God. Instead of this last clause, Psalm 40:17 has, "Yet the Lord thinketh upon me," which cannot be ascribed to a corruption, but must be an alteration made deliberately. Thou art my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, make no tarrying. Identical with Psalm 40:17, except that here once more "Jehovah" replaces "Elohim."
Hebrew Iוַאֲנִ֤י ׀ (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am poor עָנִ֣י (‘ā·nî) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble and needy; וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ (wə·’eḇ·yō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor hurry חֽוּשָׁ֫ה־ (ḥū·šāh-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 2363: To hurry, to be eager with excitement, enjoyment to me, לִּ֥י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew O God. אֱלֹהִ֪ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative You אַ֑תָּה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you are my help עֶזְרִ֣י (‘ez·rî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5828: A help, helper and my deliverer; וּמְפַלְטִ֣י (ū·mə·p̄al·ṭî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 6403: To slip out, escape, to deliver O LORD, יְ֝הוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not delay. תְּאַחַֽר׃ (tə·’a·ḥar) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 309: To loiter, to procrastinate Links Psalm 70:5 NIVPsalm 70:5 NLT Psalm 70:5 ESV Psalm 70:5 NASB Psalm 70:5 KJV Psalm 70:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 70:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 70:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 70:5 French Bible Psalm 70:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 70:5 But I am poor and needy (Psalm Ps Psa.) |