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I Cry Out before You

Psalms 88:2

In 11 translations

BSB
May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
KJV
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
WEB
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
ASV
Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
LSV
My prayer comes in before You, || Incline Your ear to my loud cry,
YLT
My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
DBY
Let my prayer come before thee; incline thine ear unto my cry.
DRC87:3
Let my prayer come in before thee: incline thy ear to my petition.
GNV
Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
JPS88:3
Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
LXXE87:3
Let my prayer come in before thee; incline thine ear to my supplication, O Lord.

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Original-language editions

WLC88:3
תָּב֣וֹא לְ֭פָנֶיךָ תְּפִלָּתִ֑י הַטֵּֽה־אָ֝זְנְךָ֗ לְרִנָּתִֽי׃KJV:Ps.88.2
LXX-Br87:3
Εἰσελθέτω ἐνώπιόν σου ἡ προσευχή μου, κλῖνον τὸ οὖς σου εἰς τὴν δέησίν μου, Κύριε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
  • Psalms 141:1–2I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
  • Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
  • Psalms 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
  • 1 Kings 8:31When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

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

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 88:3 in some Bibles
  • 88:2 in most Bibles

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