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Psalms 17:6

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

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ASV

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

KJV

I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲנִֽי־'a.ni-IH589 →
קְרָאתִ֣יךָke.ra.Ti.chaI call out to youH7121 →
כִֽי־khi-forH3588 →
תַעֲנֵ֣נִיta.'a.Ne.niyou will answer meH6030 →
אֵ֑ל'ElO GodH410 →
הַֽט־hat-inclineH5186 →
אָזְנְךָ֥'a.ze.ne.Khaear yourH241 →
לִ֝֗יLito me
שְׁמַ֣עshe.Ma'hearH8085 →
אִמְרָתִֽי׃'im.ra.Tiutterance myH565 →

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Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.Psalms 86:7In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.Psalms 88:2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.Psalms 66:19–20But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.Psalms 55:16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.Psalms 38:15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.Psalms 71:2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.Daniel 9:17–19So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.Isaiah 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”Psalms 86:1Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.Psalms 20:9O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.Psalms 13:3–4Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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