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The LORD Is My Strength

Psalms 28:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
KJV
Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
WEB
Blessed be Yahweh, because he has heard the voice of my petitions.
ASV
Blessed be Jehovah, Because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
LSV
Blessed [is] YHWH, || For He has heard the voice of my supplications.
YLT
Blessed [is] Jehovah, For He hath heard the voice of my supplications.
DBY
Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
DRC27:6
Blessed be the Lord, for he hath heard the voice of my supplication.
GNV
Praised be the Lord, for he hath heard the voyce of my petitions.
JPS
Blessed be the LORD, because He hath heard the voice of my supplications.
LXXE27:6
Blessed be the Lord, for he has hearkened to the voice of my petition.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝מַע ק֣וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃
LXX-Br27:6
Εὐλογητὸς Κύριος, ὅτι εἰσήκουσε τῆς φωνῆς τῆς δεήσεώς μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 31:21–22Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege. In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
  • Psalms 107:19–22Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent forth His word and healed them; He rescued them from the Pit. Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion…
  • Psalms 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
  • 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 69:33–34For the LORD listens to the needy and does not despise His captive people. Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them.
  • Psalms 116:1–2I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy. Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 27:6 in some Bibles
  • 28:6 in most Bibles

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