Verse 1

A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

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  • Ps 40:17 : 17 Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You. May those who love Your salvation always say, 'The LORD be magnified!'
  • Ps 31:2 : 2 In you, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your righteousness, deliver me!
  • Ps 34:6 : 6 They looked to Him and were radiant, and their faces were not ashamed.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 But You have seen; for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it by Your hand. The helpless entrusts themselves to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  • Ps 17:6 : 6 I call on you, God, for you will answer me. Turn your ear to me and hear my words.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he will deliver the needy who cry for help, the poor who have no helper. 13 He will have compassion on the weak and the needy and will save the lives of the needy. 14 He will redeem their lives from oppression and violence, and their blood will be precious in his sight.
  • Ps 102:1 : 1 A prayer of an afflicted person, when they are overwhelmed and pour out their complaint before the LORD.
  • Ps 102:17 : 17 For the LORD has rebuilt Zion and has appeared in his glory.
  • Ps 119:22 : 22 Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
  • 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.
  • Isa 37:17 : 17 Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear! Open Your eyes, LORD, and see! Listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent them to mock the living God.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 My hand made all these things, and so all these came into being,' declares the Lord. 'But I will look to this one: to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  • Dan 9:18 : 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.
  • 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 has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free,
  • Jas 1:9-9 : 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
  • Jas 2:5 : 5 Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?