Psalms 140:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 16:2 : 2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
  • Ps 142:5 : 5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.
  • Ps 143:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;
  • Lam 3:24 : 24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.
  • Ps 55:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker, on Neginoth. Maschil. Of David.> Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request. 2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow;
  • Ps 64:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
  • Ps 91:2 : 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
  • Ps 116:1 : 1 I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
  • Ps 119:57 : 57 <CHETH> The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
  • Ps 130:2 : 2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 16:5-6 : 5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right. 6 Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.
  • Ps 27:7-8 : 7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer. 8 When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
  • Ps 28:1-2 : 1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld. 2 Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

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    14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

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    8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

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    6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

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    1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

  • Ps 5:1-3
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    28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name.

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    9 The Lord has given ear to my request; the Lord has let my prayer come before him.

  • Ps 31:22
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    22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • Ps 86:6-7
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    6 O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests.

    7 In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer.

  • Ps 142:5-6
    2 verses
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    5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

    6 Give ear to my cry, for I am made very low: take me out of the hands of my haters, for they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 30:2
    80%

    2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

  • Ps 27:7-8
    2 verses
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    7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

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    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

  • Ps 140:7
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    7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

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    10 Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.

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    16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

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