Psalms 40:17 · KJV
“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.”
— Psalms 40:17
Psalms 40 — Context
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
16Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17But I {am} poor and needy; {yet} the Lord thinketh upon me: thou {art} my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Cross References
Psalms 70:5
But I {am} poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou {art} my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say, The Lord {is} my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Isaiah 41:17
{When} the poor and needy seek water, and {there is} none, {and} their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Psalms 34:6
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard {him}, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 54:4
Behold, God {is} mine helper: the Lord {is} with them that uphold my soul.
Psalms 86:1
[A Prayer of David.] Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I {am} poor and needy. {A Prayer...: or, A Prayer, being a Psalm of David}
Isaiah 50:7-9
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.