Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the sound of my pleadings.
Parallel translations
- WEB Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- KJV Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
- BSB O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
- NKJV Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
- NLT Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer.
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Quick answer
He pleads for the Lord to hear and attend to his cries for mercy. It expresses earnest, dependent prayer for God's attentive response.
Overview
The psalmist asks Yahweh to listen and be attentive to his supplications, casting himself wholly on God's mercy. The repetition shows the urgency of one who has nowhere else to turn. Believers can pray with confidence because in Christ God hears and answers His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- 2 Chr 6:40“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
- Ps 61:1–2For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David. Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.
- Isa 37:17Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
- Neh 1:11Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
- Ps 140:6I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
- Ps 55:1–2For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David. Listen to my prayer, God. Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.
- Neh 1:6Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Dan 9:17–19Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Ps 17:1A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
- Ps 64:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
- Ps 28:2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
- Ps 5:1–2For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
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