Psalms 143:7
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.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 143 connects to 10 cross-references. The last of the seven penitential psalms attributed to David, appealing to God's faithfulness rather than righteousness since no living person is righteous before God. He describes his spirit failing and heart appalled, remembers former days, and prays for God's …
Other Translations
Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down <FI>to<Fi> the pit.
Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.
Cross References
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, …
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope …
And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look …
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the …
Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in …
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for …