Psalm 40:17
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
In context
15 May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
16 May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
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 40:17 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- KJV King 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
- ASV American Standard 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I [am] poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But I am poor and needy; yet the LORD thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no delay, O my God.