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Psalm 40:17

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17As for me, aI am afflicted and needy,

1bMay the Lord think of me.

You are my help and the One who rescues me;

Do not delay, O my God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or The Lord is mindful

Cross references

  1. aPs 70:5; 86:1; 109:22
  2. bPs 40:5; 1 Pet 5:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As for me, I am poor and needy,

but the Lord takes thought for me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

do not delay, O my God!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But as for me, I am poor and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

you are my God, do not delay.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I am oppressed and needy;

may the Lord think of me.

You are my helper and my deliverer;

my God, do not delay.

NLTNew Living Translation

As for me, since I am poor and needy,

let the Lord keep me in his thoughts.

You are my helper and my savior.

O my God, do not delay.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But I am poor and needy.

Let my Lord consider me.

You are my help and my deliverer.

O my God, do not delay.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.