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Hear My Righteous Plea

Psalms 17:6

In 11 translations

BSB
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
KJV
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
WEB
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
ASV
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
LSV
I called You, for You answer me, || O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
YLT
I — I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.
DBY
I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.El
DRC16:6
I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
GNV
I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes.
JPS
As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.
LXXE16:6
I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֲנִֽי־קְרָאתִ֣יךָ כִֽי־תַעֲנֵ֣נִי אֵ֑ל הַֽט־אָזְנְךָ֥ לִ֝֗י שְׁמַ֣ע אִמְרָתִֽי׃
LXX-Br16:6
Ἐγὼ ἐκεκραξα, ὅτι ἐπήκουσας μου ὁ Θεός· κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου ἐμοὶ, καὶ εἰσάκουσον τῶν ῥημάτων μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
  • Psalms 86:7In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
  • Psalms 66:19–20But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer. Blessed be God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld from me His loving devotion!
  • Psalms 88:2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
  • Psalms 55:16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
  • Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  • Daniel 9:17–19So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation…
  • Isaiah 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
  • Psalms 13:3–4Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death, lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes rejoice when I fall.

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  • 16:6 in some Bibles
  • 17:6 in most Bibles

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