Psalms 88:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:31 : 31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
  • Ps 31:2 : 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.
  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Let the cry of the prisoner come before you; with your strong arm make free the children of death;
  • Ps 141:1-2 : 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 be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.

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  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    86%

    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 88:1
    86%

    1 <A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

  • Ps 5:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • 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.

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

  • Ps 88:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13 But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

    14 Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

  • Ps 61:1
    80%

    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 141:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    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 be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering.

  • Ps 86:6
    79%

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

  • Ps 54:2
    79%

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

  • 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 143:1
    78%

    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 30:8
    77%

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

  • Ps 55:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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 17:1
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 18:6
    77%

    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.

  • Ps 142:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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 I put all my sorrows before him; and made clear to him all my trouble.

  • Ps 28:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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 119:169-170
    2 verses
    77%

    169 <TAU> Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me wisdom in keeping with your word.

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

  • Ps 77:1
    76%

    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.

  • Lam 3:56
    76%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:7
    76%

    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.

  • Ps 88:3
    76%

    3 For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.

  • Ps 27:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 88:9
    75%

    9 My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

  • Ps 38:9
    75%

    9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.

  • Ps 120:1
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
    75%

    28 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

  • Ps 6:9
    75%

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

  • Lam 1:22
    74%

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • 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 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 84:8
    74%

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

  • Ps 86:3
    74%

    3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.

  • Ps 86:1
    74%

    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 40:1
    74%

    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.

  • Ps 22:2
    73%

    2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

  • Ps 71:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 31:2
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    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 31:22
    73%

    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 4:1
    73%

    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.