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Psalms 69:16

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Hear me, O Lord; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
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  1. Psalms 109:21Rank 1 from verse 16
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    21But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.

  2. Psalms 25:16Rank 2 from verse 16
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    16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.

  3. Psalms 63:3Rank 3 from verse 16
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    3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

  4. Micah 7:19Rank 4 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.

  5. Psalms 106:45Rank 5 from verse 16
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    45And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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Psalms 69:16

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

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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.

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COMBINED MEANING

multitude

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1. A great number or large gathered body of persons, creatures, or forces; a crowd, company, or host. 2. A great number, amount, fullness, or abundance of years, words, deeds, mercies, sins, possessions, waters, or other stated things.

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mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

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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.

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

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