Psalms 55:17

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ֭נִי אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֶקְרָ֑א וַ֝יהוָ֗ה יוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

I, to ʾĕlōhîm ʾeqrāʾ, and YHWH yôšîʿēnî

Grammar Details

• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• *ʾel-ʾĕlōhîm*: preposition and masculine plural noun (divine plural) - to God
• *ʾeqrāʾ*: qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will call
• *wəYHWH*: proper divine name with waw conjunction - and Yahweh
• *yôšîʿēnî*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he will save me

Word Meanings

• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine being
• *ʾeqrāʾ*: I will call/I cry out/I call
• *YHWH*: Yahweh/LORD
• *yôšîʿēnî*: he will save me/he rescues me/he delivers me

Referenced Verses

• Acts 3:1 : 1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
• Ps 141:2 : 2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
• Eph 6:18 : 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
• 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Pray without ceasing.
• Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
• Acts 10:3 : 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
• Acts 10:9 : 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
• Acts 10:30 : 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
• Ps 92:2 : 2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
• Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
• Dan 6:13 : 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
• Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
• Mark 6:46 : 46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
• Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
• Ps 119:147-148 : 147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
• Ps 5:2-3 : 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
• Ps 88:13 : 13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
• Luke 18:1-7 : 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
• Job 19:7 : 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
• Lam 3:8 : 8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
• Mark 6:48 : 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them.