Psalms 28:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 5:7 : 7 But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.
  • Ps 138:2 : 2 I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky.
  • Ps 141:2 : 2 May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
  • Ps 134:2 : 2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the LORD!
  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 So I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute.
  • Ps 140:6 : 6 I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
  • Ps 63:4 : 4 For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
  • Ps 125:5 : 5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
  • 1 Kgs 6:19 : 19 He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.
  • 1 Kgs 6:22-23 : 22 He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. 23 In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.
  • 1 Kgs 8:6-8 : 6 The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. 7 The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles. 8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.
  • 1 Kgs 8:28-30 : 28 But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today. 29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. 30 Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.
  • 1 Kgs 8:38 : 38 When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,
  • 2 Chr 6:13 : 13 Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky,
  • Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)
  • Lam 2:19 : 19 ק(Qof) Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children’s lives; they are fainting from hunger at every street corner.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 28:1
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    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 141:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

    2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!

  • Ps 30:8
    79%

    8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

  • Ps 134:2
    77%

    2Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the LORD!

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

    2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 142:1
    77%

    1A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.

  • Ps 5:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you!

    3LORD, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

  • Ps 88:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

    2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

  • Ps 27:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 18:6
    76%

    6In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • Ps 61:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

    2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to a rocky summit where I can be safe!

  • Ps 28:6
    76%

    6The LORD deserves praise, for he has heard my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 31:22
    75%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • 2 Sam 22:7
    75%

    7In my distress I called to the LORD; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • Ps 3:4
    75%

    4To the LORD I cried out, and he answered me from his holy hill.(Selah)

  • Ps 140:6
    75%

    6I say to the LORD,“You are my God.” O LORD, pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 17:6
    74%

    6I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!

  • Ps 88:9
    74%

    9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • Jonah 2:7
    73%

    7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • Ps 143:6
    73%

    6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)

  • Ps 54:2
    73%

    2O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!

  • Lam 3:56
    73%

    56You heard my plea:“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!”

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
    73%

    28But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O LORD my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.

  • Job 30:20
    73%

    20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • Lam 3:41
    73%

    41Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:

  • Ps 17:1
    73%

    1A prayer of David. LORD, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!

  • Ps 123:1
    73%

    1A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven.

  • Ps 25:1
    73%

    1By David. O LORD, I come before you in prayer.

  • Ps 120:1
    72%

    1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me.

  • Ps 4:1
    72%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!

  • Ps 30:2
    72%

    2O LORD my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.

  • Ps 77:1
    72%

    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.

  • Ps 6:9
    72%

    9The LORD has heard my appeal for mercy; the LORD has accepted my prayer.

  • Ps 30:10
    72%

    10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

  • Ps 55:2
    72%

    2Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

  • Ps 86:6
    72%

    6O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Ps 22:2
    71%

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • Jonah 2:4
    71%

    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

  • Ps 39:12
    71%

    12Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.

  • Ps 31:2
    71%

    2Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!

  • Ps 9:13
    71%

    13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

  • Lam 3:8
    71%

    8Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.