Psalms 17:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 116:2 : 2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.
  • Ps 86:7 : 7 In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer.
  • Ps 88:2 : 2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:
  • Ps 13:3-4 : 3 Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me; 4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.
  • Ps 55:16 : 16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.
  • Ps 66:19-20 : 19 But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer. 20 Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.
  • Isa 37:17 : 17 Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.
  • Isa 37:20 : 20 But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hand, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you, and you only, are the Lord.
  • Dan 9:17-19 : 17 And now, give ear, O our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his request for grace, and let your face be shining on your holy place which is made waste, because of your servants, O Lord. 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.

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  • Ps 86:6-7
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    82%

    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.

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

  • Ps 116:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1 I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.

    2 He has let my request come before him, and I will make my prayer to him all my days.

  • 80%

    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.

  • Ps 27:7-8
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    80%

    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 5:2-3
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    80%

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

  • 15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    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.

  • 22 Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

  • 1 <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.

  • 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;

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

  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • 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.

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

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

  • 7 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.

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

  • Ps 55:1-2
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    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;

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

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

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

  • 12 And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.

  • 15 At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

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  • 2 Keep me safe in your righteousness, and come to my help; give ear to my voice, and be my saviour.

  • Ps 69:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16 Give an answer to my words, O Lord; for your mercy is good: be turned to me, because of your great pity.

    17 Let not your face be covered from your servant, for I am in trouble; quickly give me an answer.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.

  • 7 Make clear the wonder of your mercy, O saviour of those who put their faith in your right hand, from those who come out against them.

  • 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.

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    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)