Verse 1

A prayer of David: Hear, O Lord, my just plea. Give attention to my cry, listen to my prayer; it is not from deceitful lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 142:6 : 6 I cry to You, LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'
  • Ps 61:1 : 1 For the chief musician, with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
  • Ps 86:1 : 1 A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 May slanderers not be established in the land; may evil hunt down violent men to their destruction.
  • Ps 142:1 : 1 A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer.
  • Ps 66:19 : 19 But truly, God has listened; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 The Lord says: 'These people come near to me with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their reverence for me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.'
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to me with all her heart, but only in pretense, declares the LORD.
  • Dan 9:18-19 : 18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy. 19 Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, pay attention and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, my God, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.
  • Matt 15:8 : 8 ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said about him, 'Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit!'
  • 1 John 3:21 : 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God.
  • 2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
  • Neh 1:6 : 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.
  • Ps 5:2 : 2 Listen to my words, LORD; consider my meditation.
  • Ps 7:8 : 8 Let the assembly of the nations gather around You; take Your seat on high above them.
  • Ps 18:20 : 20 He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
  • Ps 18:44 : 44 You deliver me from the strife of the people; You make me the head of nations; a people I had not known serves me.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.
  • Ps 55:2-3 : 2 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea for mercy. 3 Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.