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Psalms 25:16–17

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Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
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From verse 16

  1. Psalms 86:16Rank 1 from verse 16
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    16O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

  2. Daniel 9:17Rank 2 from verse 16
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    17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

  3. Micah 7:19Rank 3 from verse 16
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    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

  4. Psalms 143:4Rank 4 from verse 16
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    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  5. Psalms 69:14–20Rank 5 from verse 16
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    14Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

    15Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

    16Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

    17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

    18Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

    19Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee.

    20Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

From verse 17

  1. Psalms 107:6Rank 1 from verse 17
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    6Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.

  2. 2 Corinthians 4:8–9Rank 2 from verse 17
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    8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

    9Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

  3. Psalms 34:19Rank 3 from verse 17
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    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

  4. 1 Corinthians 4:11–13Rank 4 from verse 17
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    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

    12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

    13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

  5. Habakkuk 3:17–19Rank 5 from verse 17
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    17¶ Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:

    18Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

    19The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

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Psalms 25:16

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mercy

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Compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

desolate

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1. Of a place or land, left empty, uninhabited, waste, ruined, barren, or without former use and fruitfulness. 2. Of a person or people, bereft, forsaken, solitary, or left without help, comfort, family, or support. 3. As a verb, to make empty, waste, ruined, or bereft.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604

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Psalms 25:17

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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enlarged

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enlarge, meaning to make greater or wider. Sense 2: To set at liberty or give room.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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distresses

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Sense 1: Severe troubles or afflictions. Sense 2: As a verb, afflicts, oppresses, or makes miserable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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25:1UNTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.

25:2O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

25:3Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

25:4Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths.

25:5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.

25:6Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.

25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O Lord.

25:8Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

25:9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

25:10All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

25:11For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

25:12What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

25:13His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

25:14The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

25:15Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

25:16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

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25:17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

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25:18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

25:19Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

25:20O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.

25:22Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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