Psalms 143:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

<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;

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 71:2 : 2 Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.
  • Ps 31:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
  • Ps 140:6 : 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.
  • 1 John 1:9 : 9 If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.
  • Dan 9:16 : 16 O Lord, because of your righteousness, let your wrath and your passion be turned away from your town Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because, through our sins and the evil-doing of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a cause of shame to all who are round about us.
  • 2 Sam 7:25 : 25 And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!
  • Ps 89:1-2 : 1 <Maschil. Of Ethan the Ezrahite.> My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations. 2 For you have said, Mercy will be made strong for ever; my faith will be unchanging in the heavens.

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  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

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  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

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  • Ps 86:6
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  • Ps 4:1
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  • Ps 55:1-2
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    80%

    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 54:2
    80%

    2 Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

  • Ps 27:7
    79%

    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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  • Ps 5:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

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    3 My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

  • Ps 61:1
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

  • Ps 140:6
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    6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 6:9
    78%

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

  • Ps 88:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

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    2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

  • Ps 143:2
    78%

    2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.

  • Ps 17:6
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 142:1
    77%

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  • Ps 71:2
    77%

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  • Ps 119:149
    76%

    149 Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life.

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    2 verses
    75%

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    2 Let your ear be turned to me; take me quickly out of danger; be my strong Rock, my place of strength where I may be safe.

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    75%

    13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.

  • Ps 28:6
    75%

    6 May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

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    75%

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    75%

    24 Be my judge, O Lord my God, in your righteousness; do not let them be glad over me.

  • Ps 30:8
    75%

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

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    75%

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    75%

    170 Let my prayer come before you; take me out of trouble, as you have said.

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    75%

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    75%

    11 Give me life, O Lord, because of your name; in your righteousness take my soul out of trouble.

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    74%

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    74%

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    74%

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    74%

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    74%

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    74%

    8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

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    74%

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