Psalms 30:8

Contemporary English Version

I prayed to you, Lord , and in my prayer I said,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, I called to you;I sought favor from my Lord:

Hebrew Names Version
I cried to you, LORD. To the LORD I made supplication:

King James Version
I cried to thee, O Lord ; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

English Standard Version
To you, O Lord , I cry, and to the Lord I plead for mercy:

New Century Version
I called to you, Lord , and asked you to have mercy on me.

New English Translation
To you, O Lord , I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

Amplified Bible
I called to You, O LORD, And to the Lord I made supplication (specific request).

New American Standard Bible
To You, LORD, I called, And to the Lord I pleaded for compassion:

World English Bible
I cried to you, Yahweh. To Yahweh I made supplication:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then cried I vnto thee, O Lord, and praied to my Lord.

Legacy Standard Bible
To You, O Yahweh, I called,And to the Lord I made supplication:

Berean Standard Bible
To You, O LORD, I called, and I begged my Lord for mercy:

Complete Jewish Bible
when you showed me favor, Adonai , I was firm as a mighty mountain. But when you hid your face, I was struck with terror.

Darby Translation
I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:

Easy-to-Read Version
So, Lord , I turned and prayed to you. I asked you, Lord, to show me mercy.

George Lamsa Translation
I cried to thee, O LORD, and unto the LORD I made supplication.

Good News Translation
I called to you, Lord ; I begged for your help:

Lexham English Bible
To you, O Yahweh, I called, and to the Lord I pleaded for grace saying,

Literal Translation
I called to You, O Jehovah; yea, I prayed to Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The cried I vnto ye (O LORDE) yee vnto ye LORDE made I my prayer.

American Standard Version
I cried to thee, O Jehovah; And unto Jehovah I made supplication:

Bible in Basic English
My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Thou hadst established, O LORD, in Thy favour my mountain as a stronghold--

King James Version (1611)
I cried to thee, O Lord: and vnto the Lord I made supplication.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
[Neuerthelesse, when] thou dydst turne thy face, I was troubled: [then] I cryed vnto thee O God, then made I my humble prayers to thee my Lorde.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To thee, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication.

English Revised Version
I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, Y schal crye to thee; and Y schal preye to my God.

Update Bible Version
To you, O Yahweh, I will cry; And to the Lord I will plead for mercy:

Webster's Bible Translation
I cried to thee, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication.

New King James Version
I cried out to You, O LORD; And to the LORD I made supplication:

New Living Translation
I cried out to you, O Lord . I begged the Lord for mercy, saying,

New Life Bible
I cried to You, O Lord. I begged the Lord for loving-kindness.

New Revised Standard
To you, O Lord , I cried, and to the Lord I made supplication:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Unto thee, O Yahweh, do I cry, - and, unto My Lord, do I make supplication:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(29-9) To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.

Revised Standard Version
To thee, O LORD, I cried; and to the LORD I made supplication:

Young's Literal Translation
Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I call, And unto Jehovah I make supplication.

THE MESSAGE
I called out to you, God ; I laid my case before you: "Can you sell me for a profit when I'm dead? auction me off at a cemetery yard sale? When I'm ‘dust to dust' my songs and stories of you won't sell. So listen! and be kind! Help me out of this!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
To You, O Lord , I called, And to the Lord I made supplication:

Contextual Overview

⁶ I was carefree and thought, "I'll never be shaken!" ⁷ You, Lord , were my friend, and you made me strong as a mighty mountain. But when you hid your face, I was crushed. ⁸ I prayed to you, Lord , and in my prayer I said, ⁹ "What good will it do you if I am in the grave? Once I have turned to dust, how can I praise you or tell how loyal you are? ¹⁰ Have pity, Lord ! Help!" ¹¹ You have turned my sorrow into joyful dancing. No longer am I sad and wearing sackcloth. ¹² I thank you from my heart, and I will never stop singing your praises, my Lord and my God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

unto: Psalms 34:6, Psalms 77:1, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, 1 Corinthians 12:8, 1 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 4:7

Reciprocal: Psalms 66:17 - I cried Psalms 107:19 - General Psalms 116:4 - called Psalms 120:1 - my distress

Cross-References

Genesis 30:24
"I'll name the boy Joseph, and I'll pray that the Lord will give me another son."

Genesis 30:25
After Joseph was born, Jacob said to Laban, "Release me from our agreement and let me return to my own country.

Genesis 49:21
Naphtali, you are a wild deer with lovely fawns.

Exodus 9:28
We can't stand any more of this thunder and hail. Please ask the Lord to make it stop. Your people can go—you don't have to stay in Egypt any longer."

Deuteronomy 33:23
The Lord is pleased with you, people of Naphtali. He will bless you and give you the land to the west and the south.

1 Samuel 14:15
The whole Philistine army panicked—those in camp, those on guard duty, those in the fields, and those on raiding patrols. All of them were afraid and confused. Then God sent an earthquake, and the ground began to tremble.

Matthew 4:13
But instead of staying in Nazareth, Jesus moved to Capernaum. This town was beside Lake Galilee in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I cried to thee, O Lord,.... In his trouble, when the Lord had hid his face from him, and he was sensible that he had departed from him: he was not stupid and unaffected with it; nor did he turn his back upon God, and seek to others; but he cried after a departing God, which showed love to him, and some degree of faith in him, by looking again towards his holy temple, and waiting upon him until he returned;

and unto the Lord I made supplication; in the most humble manner; entreating his grace and mercy, and that he would again show him his face and favour.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I cried to thee, O Lord - That is, when those reverses came, and when that on which I had so confidently relied was taken away, I called upon the Lord; I uttered an earnest cry for aid. The prayer which he uttered on the occasion is specified in the following verses. The idea here is, that he was not driven from God by these reverses, but TO him. He felt that his reliance on those things in which he had put his trust was vain, and he now came to God, the true Source of strength, and sought His protection and favor. This was doubtless the design of the reverses which God had brought upon him; and this will always be the effect of the reverses that come upon good men. When they have placed undue reliance upon wealth, or health, or friends, and when these are taken away, the effect will be to lead them to God in earnest prayer. God designs to bring them back, and they do come back to him. Afflictions are always, sooner or later, effectual in bringing good men back to God. The sinner is often driven from God by trial; the good man is brought back to find his strength and comfort in God. The one complains, and murmurs, and is wretched; the other prays, and submits, and is made more happy than he was in the days of his prosperity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 30:8. I cried to thee, O Lord — I found no help but in him against whom I had sinned. See his confession and prayer, 2 Samuel 24:17.

Made supplication. — Continued to urge my suit; was instant in prayer.