Psalm 40:17 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 In this text: Psalm 39:18
But I am a beggar and poor: the Lord is careful for me. Thou art my helper and my protector: O my God, be not slack.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Psalm 39:18
But I am a beggar and poor. The Lord has been concerned about me. You are my helper and my protector. My God, do not delay.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don’t delay, my God.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
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.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
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.
LSV Literal Standard Version
And I [am] poor and needy, || The Lord devises for me. You [are] my help and my deliverer, O my God, do not linger.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
But I am afflicted and needy: the Lord thinketh upon me. Thou art my help and my deliverer: my God, make no delay.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the LORD thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no delay, O my God.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Though I be poore and needie, the Lord thinketh on mee: thou art mine helper and my deliuerer: my God, make no tarying.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks about me. You are my help and you come to my rescue; do not delay, my God.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
(40-18) But, as for me, that am poor and needy, the Lord will account it unto me; Thou art my help and my deliverer; O my God, tarry not.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:18
But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:18
But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; Thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And I [am] poor and needy, The Lord doth devise for me. My help and my deliverer [art] Thou, O my God, tarry Thou not.
FBV Free Bible Version
As for me, I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. Help me! Save me! My God, please don't wait!
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Though I am poor and in need, the Lord has me in mind; you are my help and my saviour; let there be no waiting, O my God.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Aunque afligido yo y necesitado, Jehová pensará de mí: mi ayuda y mi libertador eres tú; Dios mío, no te tardes.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
En cuanto a mí, pobre soy, y menesteroso, pero en este instante Dios piensa en mí. ¡Dios mío, tú eres mi auxilio! Tú eres mi salvación. ¡Ven pronto, y sálvame! ¡No te demores, por favor!
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Aunque estoy afligido y necesitado, ʼAdonay pensará en mí. Tú eres mi ayuda y mi Libertador. ¡Mi ʼElohim, no te tardes!
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Mientras tanto yo, soy un pobre y estoy necesitado. Que el Señor piense en mí. ¡Ayúdame! ¡Sálvame! ¡No esperas más, Dios mío!
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Aunque soy pobre y necesitado, el Señor se acuerda de mí. Tú eres mi ayuda y mi salvador; no tardes, Dios mío.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:18
Ἐγὼ δὲ πτωχὸς καὶ πένης εἰμὶ, Κύριος φροντιεῖ μου· βοηθός μου καὶ ὑπερασπιστής μου εἶ σὺ ὁ Θεός μου, μὴ χρονίσῃς.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex In this text: Psalm 40:18
וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ עָנִ֣י וְאֶבְיוֹן֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י יַחֲשָׁ֫ב לִ֥י עֶזְרָתִ֣י וּמְפַלְטִ֣י אַ֑תָּה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י אַל־תְּאַחַֽר׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Psalm 39:18
Ego autem mendicus sum et pauper; Dominus sollicitus est mei. Adjutor meus et protector meus tu es; Deus meus, ne tardaveris.]
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Psalm 39:18
А҆́зъ же ни́щь є҆́смь и҆ ᲂу҆бо́гъ, гдⷭ҇ь попече́тсѧ ѡ҆ мнѣ̀: помо́щникъ мо́й и҆ защи́титель мо́й є҆сѝ ты̀, бж҃е мо́й, не закоснѝ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Psalm 39:18
Я же беден и нищ, но Господь печется о мне. Ты - помощь моя и избавитель мой, Боже мой! не замедли.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Εγώ δε είμαι πτωχός και πένης· αλλ' ο Κύριος φροντίζει περί εμού· η βοήθειά μου και ο ελευθερωτής μου συ είσαι· Θεέ μου, μη βραδύνης.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ја сам несрећан и ништ, нека се Господ постара за ме! Ти си помоћ моја и Избавитељ мој, Боже мој, не часи.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ja sam nesrećan i ništ, neka se Gospod postara za me! Ti si pomoć moja i Izbavitelj moj, Bože moj, ne časi.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
أَمَّا أَنَا فَمِسْكِينٌ وَبَائِسٌ. ٱلرَّبُّ يَهْتَمُّ بِي. عَوْنِي وَمُنْقِذِي أَنْتَ. يَا إِلَهِي لَا تُبْطِئْ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT