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Psalm 40:17

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.

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Psalm 40:17 in other translations

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.

Psalm 40:17 · American Standard Version

Psalm 40:17 in context

  1. 15Let them be desolate by reason of their shame that tell me, “Aha! Aha!”
  2. 16Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you.
    Let such as love your salvation say continually, “Let Yahweh be exalted!”
  3. 17But I am poor and needy.
    May the Lord think about me.
    You are my help and my deliverer.
    Don’t delay, my God.