Psalms 32:6

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“For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.”

— WEB

“For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.”

— KJV

“For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.”

— ASV

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Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Isaiah 55:6 "Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near."
Isaiah 43:2 "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire,…"
2 Corinthians 6:2 "for he says, “At an acceptable time I listened to you, in a day of salvation I helped you.”Isaiah 49:8 Behold, now is the acceptable time…"
Proverbs 1:28 "Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me;"
Psalms 4:3 "But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself him who is godly: Yahweh will hear when I call to him."
Psalms 34:2-5 "My soul shall boast in Yahweh. The humble shall hear of it, and be glad."
John 7:34 "You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come.”"
Matthew 7:24-27 "“Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock."

Commentary

For this--that is, my happy experience. godly--pious in the sense of Psa 4:3. a time-- (Isa 55:6); when God's Spirit inclines us to seek pardon, He is ready to forgive. floods, &c.--denotes great danger (Psa 18:17; Psa 66:12).

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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