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Psalm 116:6
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KJ21
The Lord preserveth the simple; I was brought low, and He helped me.
ASV
Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
AMP
The Lord protects the simple (childlike); I was brought low [humbled and discouraged], and He saved me.
AMPC
The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He helped and saved me.
BRG
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
CSB
The Lord guards the inexperienced; I was helpless, and he saved me.
CSBA
The Lord guards the inexperienced; I was helpless, and he saved me.
CEB
The Lord protects simple folk; he saves me whenever I am brought down.
CJB
Adonai preserves the thoughtless; when I was brought low, he saved me.
CEV
You protect ordinary people, and when I was helpless, you saved me
DARBY
Jehovah keepeth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.
ERV
The Lord takes care of helpless people. I was without help, and he saved me.
EASY
The Lord takes care of weak people. I was in danger of death, and he saved me!
EHV
The Lord protects the inexperienced. In my weakness he saves me too.
ESV
The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
ESVUK
The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
EXB
The Lord ·watches over [keeps; guards] the ·foolish [immature; simpleminded]; when I was ·helpless [brought low], he ·saved me [gave me victory].
GNV
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was in misery, and he saved me.
GW
The Lord protects defenseless people. When I was weak, he saved me.
GNT
The Lord protects the helpless; when I was in danger, he saved me.
HCSB
The Lord guards the inexperienced; I was helpless, and He saved me.
ICB
The Lord watches over the foolish. When I was helpless, he saved me.
ISV
the Lord watches over the innocent; I was brought low, and he delivered me.
JUB
The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and he saved me.
KJV
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
AKJV
The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
LSB
Yahweh keeps the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
LEB
Yahweh watches over the simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.
TLB
The Lord protects the simple and the childlike; I was facing death, and then he saved me.
MSG
I love God because he listened to me, listened as I begged for mercy. He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him. Death stared me in the face, hell was hard on my heels. Up against it, I didn’t know which way to turn; then I called out to God for help: “Please, God!” I cried out. “Save my life!” God is gracious—it is he who makes things right, our most compassionate God. God takes the side of the helpless; when I was at the end of my rope, he saved me.
MEV
The Lord protects the simple; I was brought low, and He helped me.
NOG
Yahweh protects defenseless people. When I was weak, he saved me.
NABRE
The Lord protects the simple; I was helpless, but he saved me.
NASB
The Lord watches over the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
NASB1995
The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
NCB
The Lord watches over his little ones; when I was brought low, he saved me.
NCV
The Lord watches over the foolish; when I was helpless, he saved me.
NET
The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.
NIRV
The Lord takes care of those who are not aware of danger. When I was in great need, he saved me.
NIV
The Lord protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.
NIVUK
The Lord protects the unwary; when I was brought low, he saved me.
NKJV
The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me.
NLV
The Lord takes care of the child-like. I was brought down, and He saved me.
NLT
The Lord protects those of childlike faith; I was facing death, and he saved me.
NRSVA
The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
NRSVACE
The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
NRSVCE
The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
NRSVUE
The Lord protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
OJB
Hashem is shomer over the petayim (simple-hearted, helpless); I was in need and li yehoshia (me He saved).
RGT
The LORD preserves the simple. I was in misery and He saved me.
RSV
The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
RSVCE
The Lord preserves the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me.
TLV
Adonai protects the simple-hearted. When I was brought low, He saved me.
VOICE
And the Eternal watches over the naive. Whenever I was knocked down, He reached down and saved me.
WEB
Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
WYC
And the Lord keepeth little children; I was meeked, and he delivered me. (And the Lord keepeth safe the simple-hearted; yea, I was brought down low, but he saved me.)
YLT
A preserver of the simple [is] Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.
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