Psalms 17:1

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<A Prayer. Of David.> Let my cause come to your ears, O Lord, give attention to my cry; give ear to my prayer which goes not out from false lips.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 142:6 : 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 61:1 : 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 86:1 : 1 <A Prayer. Of David.> Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.
  • Ps 140:12 : 12 I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
  • Ps 142:1 : 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 66:19 : 19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The Lord is near all those who give honour to his name; even to all who give honour to him with true hearts.
  • Isa 29:13 : 13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, and their fear of me is false, a rule given them by the teaching of men;
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 But for all this, her false sister Judah has not come back to me with all her heart, but with deceit, says the Lord.
  • Dan 9:18-19 : 18 O my God, let your ear be turned and give hearing; let your eyes be open and see how we have been made waste and the town which is named by your name: for we are not offering our prayers before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercies. 19 O Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
  • Matt 15:8 : 8 These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
  • 1 John 3:21 : 21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
  • 2 Chr 7:15 : 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears awake to the prayers made in this place.
  • Neh 1:6 : 6 Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.
  • Ps 5:2 : 2 Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.
  • Ps 7:8 : 8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
  • Ps 18:20 : 20 The Lord gives me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean before him.
  • Ps 18:44 : 44 From the time when my name comes to their ears they will be ruled by me: men of other countries will, with false hearts, put themselves under my authority.
  • Ps 43:1 : 1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.
  • Ps 55:2-3 : 2 Give thought to me, and let my prayer be answered: I have been made low in sorrow; 3 I am troubled because of the voice of the cruel ones, because of the loud cry of the evil-doers; for they put a weight of evil on me, and they are cruel in their hate for me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    84%

    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;

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1 <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

    2 Let not your face be veiled from me in the day of my trouble; give ear to me, and let my cry be answered quickly.

  • Ps 61:1
    81%

    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 54:2
    81%

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

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

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

    2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 17:2
    80%

    2 Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

  • Ps 5:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1 <To the chief music-maker on wind instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give ear to my words, O Lord; give thought to my heart-searchings.

    2 Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

    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 86:6
    79%

    6 O Lord, give ear to my prayer; and take note of the sound of my requests.

  • Ps 55:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    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 141:1
    78%

    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 17:6
    78%

    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 6:9
    77%

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

  • Ps 88:2
    77%

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

  • Job 13:17
    77%

    17 Give ear with care to my words, and keep what I say in your minds.

  • Ps 27:7
    77%

    7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

  • Job 13:6
    77%

    6 Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

  • Ps 4:1
    76%

    1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

  • Jer 18:19
    76%

    19 Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.

  • Ps 142:1
    75%

    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 34:17
    75%

    17 The cry of the upright comes before the Lord, and he takes them out of all their troubles.

  • Ps 119:170
    75%

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

  • Ps 66:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:

    19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer.

  • Ps 120:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

    2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit.

  • Lam 3:56
    74%

    56 My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

  • Ps 34:15
    74%

    15 The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

  • Ps 140:6
    74%

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

  • Ps 77:1
    74%

    1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

  • Ps 51:15
    74%

    15 O Lord, let my lips be open, so that my mouth may make clear your praise.

  • Ps 39:12
    74%

    12 Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.

  • Ps 10:17
    74%

    17 Lord, you have given ear to the prayer of the poor: you will make strong their hearts, you will give them a hearing:

  • Ps 141:3
    73%

    3 O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

  • Ps 64:1
    73%

    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.

  • Job 33:1
    73%

    1 And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.

  • Ps 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 78:1
    73%

    1 <Maschil. Of Asaph.> Give ear, O my people, to my law; let your ears be bent down to the words of my mouth.

  • Ps 35:24
    73%

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

  • Ps 30:8
    73%

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

  • Ps 84:8
    73%

    8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

  • Ps 43:1
    73%

    1 Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

  • Job 16:17
    72%

    17 Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.

  • Prov 15:29
    72%

    29 The Lord is far from sinners, but his ear is open to the prayer of the upright.

  • Jer 17:15
    72%

    15 See, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord? let it come now.