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I Stretch Out My Hands to You

Psalms 143:1

In 11 translations

BSB
O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
WEB
Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
ASV
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah; give ear to my supplications: In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
LSV
A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, hear my prayer, || Give ear to my supplications, || Answer me in Your faithfulness—in Your righteousness.
YLT
A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, hear my prayer, Give ear unto my supplications, In Thy faithfulness answer me — in Thy righteousness.
DBY
Jehovah, hear my prayer; give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness.
DRC142:1
Hear, O Lord, my prayer: give ear to my supplication in thy truth: hear me in thy justice.
GNV
A Psalme of David. Heare my prayer, O Lord, and hearken vnto my supplication: answer me in thy trueth and in thy righteousnes.
JPS
A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer, give ear to my supplications; in Thy faithfulness answer me, and in Thy righteousness.
LXXE142:1
A Psalm of David, when his son pursued him. O Lord, attend to my prayer: hearken to my supplication in thy truth; hear me in thy righteousness.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מִזְמ֗וֹר לְדָ֫וִ֥ד יְהוָ֤ה ׀ שְׁמַ֬ע תְּפִלָּתִ֗י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה אֶל־תַּחֲנוּנַ֑י בֶּאֱמֻנָתְךָ֥ עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי בְּצִדְקָתֶֽךָ׃KJV:Ps.143.1
LXX-Br142:1
Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ, ὅτε αὐτὸν ὁ υἱὸς κατεδιώκει. Κύριε εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου, ἐνώτισαι τὴν δέησίν μου ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ σου, ἐπάκουσόν μου ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 71:2In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
  • Psalms 140:6I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
  • Psalms 31:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
  • Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and…
  • 1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • 2 Samuel 7:25And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house. Do as You have promised,
  • Psalms 89:1–2I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations. For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your…

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 143:2 in some Bibles
  • 142:1 in some Bibles
  • 143:1 in most Bibles

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