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Give Ear to My Words

Psalms 5:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray.
KJV
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
WEB
Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for I pray to you.
ASV
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; For unto thee do I pray.
LSV
Be attentive to the voice of my cry, || My King and my God, || For I pray to You habitually.
YLT
Be attentive to the voice of my cry, My king and my God, For unto Thee I pray habitually.
DBY
Hearken unto the voice of my crying, my king and my God; for to thee will I pray.Elohim
DRC5:3
Hearken to the voice of my prayer, O my King and my God.
GNV
Hearken vnto the voyce of my crie, my King and my God: for vnto thee doe I pray.
JPS5:3
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto Thee do I pray.
LXXE5:3
Attend to the voice of my supplication, my King, and my God: for to thee, O Lord, will I pray.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC5:3
הַקְשִׁ֤יבָה ׀ לְק֬וֹל שַׁוְעִ֗י מַלְכִּ֥י וֵאלֹהָ֑י כִּֽי־אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ אֶתְפַּלָּֽל׃KJV:Ps.5.2
LXX-Br5:3
πρόσχες τῇ φωνῇ τῆς δεήσεώς μου, ὁ βασιλεύς μου καὶ ὁ Θεός μου· ὅτι πρὸς σὲ προσεύξομαι Κύριε,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 65:2O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
  • Psalms 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
  • Psalms 145:1I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
  • Isaiah 33:22For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
  • Psalms 84:3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she places her young near Your altars, O LORD of Hosts, my King and my God.
  • Psalms 74:12Yet God is my King from ancient times, working salvation on the earth.
  • Psalms 99:1–4The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake! Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples. Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is…
  • Psalms 24:7–8Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter! Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
  • Psalms 10:16The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
  • Psalms 47:6–7Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him.
  • Psalms 44:4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 5:3 in some Bibles
  • 5:2 in most Bibles

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