Psalms 6:9
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
BSB
ASV
Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
KJV
The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
The Lord hath heard my supplication - Repeating the sentiment in the previous verse, to express his assurance and his joy. Nothing is more natural in such circumstances than to dwell on the joyous thought, and to repeat it to ourselves, that it may make its full impression. The Lord will receive my prayer - As he has done it, so he will still do it. This allays all fears of the future, and makes the mind calm.
To the chief musician on Neginoth, upon Sheminith, A psalm of David Title of the psalm. Upon Sheminith - Or, upon the eighth. It is thought to be the loftiest note, as Alamoth is the lowest; but this is only conjecture; the Jews themselves have no certain knowledge of their own ancient musick.
"The Lord hath heard my supplication." The Holy Spirit had wrought into the Psalmist's mind the confidence that his prayer was heard. This is frequently the privilege of the saints. Praying the prayer of faith, they are often infallibly assured that they have prevailed with God. We read of Luther that, having on one occasion wrestled hard with God in prayer, he came leaping out of his closet crying, "Vicimus, vicimus;" that is, We have conquered, we have prevailed with God."
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.
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Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
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In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
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Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
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He brought me out into the open; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
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Psalms 138:3On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
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And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish…
I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.