Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer; And hearken unto the voice of my supplications.
Hear, O Jehovah, my prayer, And attend to the voice of my supplications.
Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.
Voices2
Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
. Ver. 6. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer. Even the glory which his spirit had beheld did not withdraw him from his prayer, but rather urged him to be more fervent in it; hence he implores the Lord to hear his requests. Attend to the voice of my supplications. Here are repetitions, but not vain repetitions. When a child cries it repeats the same note, but it is equally in earnest every time, and so was it with the suppliant here.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
leads to
Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Through
Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
leads to
Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
Through
Psalms 130:2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
leads to
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
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The verses this one reaches8
Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
