Verse 1

[A Prayer of David]. Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 40:17 : 17 But I am poor and needy; [Yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: Thou art my help and my deliverer; Make no tarrying, O my God.
  • Ps 31:2 : 2 Bow down thine ear unto me; Deliver me speedily: Be thou to me a strong rock, A house of defence to save me.
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Thou hast seen [it] ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: The helpless committeth [himself] unto thee; Thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 17:6 : 6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, [and] hear my speech.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver the needy when he crieth, And the poor, that hath no helper. 13 He will have pity on the poor and needy, And the souls of the needy he will save. 14 He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence; And precious will their blood be in his sight:
  • Ps 102:1 : 1 [A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah]. Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
  • Ps 102:17 : 17 He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
  • Ps 119:22 : 22 Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
  • Ps 142:1 : 1 [Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer]. I cry with my voice unto Jehovah; With my voice unto Jehovah do I make supplication.
  • Isa 37:17 : 17 Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all these things hath my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  • Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 But let the brother of low degree glory in his high estate: 10 and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world [to be] rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?