Psalms 40:11

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“O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.”

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BSBPD

“O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Lord: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou, O Jehovah, restrainest not Thy mercies from me, Thy kindness and Thy truth do continually keep me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 40:11 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 23:6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
  2. Psalms 43:3Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.
  3. Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.
  4. Psalms 61:7May he sit enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness to guard him.
  5. Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
  6. Psalms 69:16Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
  7. Psalms 85:10Loving devotion and faithfulness have joined together; righteousness and peace have kissed.
  8. Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  9. Proverbs 20:28Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
  10. Hebrews 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

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