Psalms 140:6

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The arrogant have hidden traps for me; they have spread out cords as a net and set snares for me along my path. Selah.

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  • Ps 16:2 : 2 I said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.'
  • Ps 31:14 : 14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.
  • Ps 142:5 : 5 Look to the right and see—no one recognizes me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
  • Ps 143:1 : 1 A psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my pleas for mercy. In your faithfulness and righteousness, answer me.
  • Lam 3:24 : 24 The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.
  • Zech 13:9 : 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
  • Ps 55:1-2 : 1 To the chief musician, accompanied by stringed instruments, a contemplative psalm of David. 2 Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea for mercy.
  • Ps 64:1 : 1 For the director of music, a psalm of David.
  • Ps 91:2 : 2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."
  • Ps 116:1 : 1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my pleas for mercy.
  • Ps 119:57 : 57 The LORD is my portion; I have said that I would keep Your words.
  • Ps 130:2 : 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
  • Ps 16:5-6 : 5 The LORD is my portion and my cup; You hold my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
  • Ps 27:7-8 : 7 Hear my voice, Lord, when I call. Be gracious to me and answer me. 8 My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.
  • Ps 28:1-2 : 1 To you, O LORD, I call; my Rock, do not be silent to me. If you remain silent, I will be like those who go down to the pit. 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry out to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 14 For I hear the slander of many; terror surrounds me as they conspire together against me and plot to take my life.

  • 6 Blessed be the LORD, for he has heard the voice of my supplications.

  • 8 O LORD, by Your favor, You made my mountain stand strong; but when You hid Your face, I was terrified.

  • 6 I call on you, God, for you will answer me. Turn your ear to me and hear my words.

  • 1 A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer.

  • Ps 5:1-3
    3 verses
    81%

    1 For the choir director: with flutes. A psalm of David.

    2 Listen to my words, LORD; consider my meditation.

    3 Pay attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to You.

  • 28 You are my God, and I will give You thanks; You are my God, and I will exalt You.

  • Ps 116:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my pleas for mercy.

    2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call to him as long as I live.

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1 A song of ascents. From the depths I call to You, LORD.

    2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

  • 80%

    9 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

  • 22 Blessed be the LORD, for he has shown his wondrous love to me in a fortified city.

  • Ps 86:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

    6 Listen, Lord, to my prayer, and attend to the sound of my pleas for mercy.

    7 In the day of my distress I will call upon You, for You will answer me.

  • Ps 142:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5 Look to the right and see—no one recognizes me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

    6 I cry to You, LORD; I say, 'You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.'

  • 2 I will exalt You, O LORD, for You drew me up and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.

  • Ps 27:7-8
    2 verses
    80%

    7 Hear my voice, Lord, when I call. Be gracious to me and answer me.

    8 My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.

  • 1 A psalm of David. LORD, I call to You; hurry to me. Hear my voice when I cry out to You.

  • 7 I said to the LORD, 'You are my God.' Listen, O LORD, to my cries for mercy.

  • 1 A song of ascents: I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me.

  • Ps 16:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 A Miktam of David: Guard me, O God, for I have taken refuge in You.

    2 I said to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.'

  • 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the traps of death confronted me.

  • 1 For the chief musician, with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

  • 1 A psalm of David. Lord, hear my prayer; listen to my pleas for mercy. In your faithfulness and righteousness, answer me.

  • 2 When the Ziphites came and said to Saul, 'Is David not hiding among us?'

  • 78%

    4 But you, LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

  • 10 What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

  • 1 A prayer of an afflicted person, when they are overwhelmed and pour out their complaint before the LORD.

  • 1 A song, a psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief musician. According to Mahalath Leannoth, a contemplative poem of Heman the Ezrahite.

  • 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!'

  • 2 He said: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.

  • Ps 18:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 To the director, a song of David, the servant of the LORD, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.

    2 He said, "I love You, LORD, my strength."

  • 1 For the Chief Musician, according to Jeduthun, a psalm of Asaph.

  • 7 In my distress, I called upon the LORD and cried out to my God. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears.

  • 21 I will give you thanks, for You have answered me and have become my salvation.

  • 56 You heard my plea: 'Do not close Your ear to my cry for relief.'

  • 76%

    1 For the director of music, with stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

  • 26 Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your steadfast love.

  • 15 I have become like a man who does not hear and in whose mouth there are no rebukes.

  • 2 I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

  • 16 May death seize them suddenly; let them go down alive into Sheol, for evil is in their dwelling and within them.

  • 12 In God I have trusted; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

  • 1 O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed long ago in perfect faithfulness.