Psalms 88:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:31 : 31 “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.
  • Ps 31:2 : 2 Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe!
  • Ps 79:11 : 11 Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die!
  • Ps 141:1-2 : 1 A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you! 2 May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
  • Lam 3:8 : 8 Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 102:1-2
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    86%

    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 88:1
    86%

    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.

  • Ps 5:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, LORD! Carefully consider my complaint!

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

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    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 88:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 61:1
    80%

    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!

  • 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 86:6
    79%

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

  • Ps 54:2
    79%

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

  • Ps 17:6
    78%

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

  • Ps 143:1
    78%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!

  • Ps 30:8
    77%

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

  • Ps 55:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

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

  • Ps 17:1
    77%

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

  • Ps 18:6
    77%

    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 142:1-2
    2 verses
    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.

    2I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles.

  • Ps 28:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

    2Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple!

  • Ps 119:169-170
    2 verses
    77%

    169ת(Tav) Listen to my cry for help, O LORD! Give me insight by your word!

    170Listen to my appeal for mercy! Deliver me, as you promised.

  • Ps 77:1
    76%

    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.

  • Lam 3:56
    76%

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

  • 2 Sam 22:7
    76%

    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 88:3
    76%

    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

  • Ps 27:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 88:9
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 38:9
    75%

    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

  • Ps 120:1
    75%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:28
    75%

    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.

  • Ps 6:9
    75%

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

  • Lam 1:22
    74%

    22ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.

  • Ps 39:12
    74%

    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 140:6
    74%

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

  • Ps 84:8
    74%

    8O LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob!(Selah)

  • Ps 86:3
    74%

    3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long!

  • Ps 86:1
    74%

    1A prayer of David. Listen O LORD! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.

  • Ps 40:1
    74%

    1For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the LORD, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

  • Ps 22:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 71:2
    73%

    2Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me!

  • Ps 31:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    6Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am.

  • Ps 31:22
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 4:1
    73%

    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!