I said to the Lord: “You are my God; Hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB I said to Yahweh, “You are my God.” Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
- KJV I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
- BSB I say to the LORD, “You are my God.” Hear, O LORD, my cry for help.
- NASB ¶I said to the Lord, “You are my God; Listen, Lord, to the sound of my pleadings.
- NLT I said to the Lord, “You are my God!” Listen, O Lord, to my cries for mercy!
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Quick answer
David confesses to Yahweh, 'You are my God,' and asks Him to hear his pleas. It anchors his prayer in personal covenant relationship.
Overview
Amid danger David grounds his appeal in belonging to God, declaring the foundational confession of faith. This relationship gives him the right to be heard. The same confession marks the gospel, for those in Christ cry out to God as their own God and Father (Romans 8:15).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 16:2My soul, you have said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”
- Ps 31:14But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my God.”
- Ps 142:5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Ps 119:57Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
- Zech 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
- Ps 28:1–2By David. To you, Yahweh, I call. My rock, don’t be deaf to me; lest, if you are silent to me, I would become like those who go down into the pit.
- Ps 130:2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- 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.
- 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 91:2I will say of Yahweh, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
- Ps 143:1A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
- Ps 116:1I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- Ps 16:5–6Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Lam 3:24“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
- Ps 27:7–8Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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