Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
Parallel translations
- KJV Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
- BSB Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
- NKJV Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
- NASB ¶Hear, Lord, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.
- NLT Hear me as I pray, O Lord. Be merciful and answer me!
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Quick answer
David earnestly cries out for God to hear, show mercy, and answer him. It models honest, dependent prayer in the midst of need.
Overview
Turning from confident anticipation to petition, David asks God to attend to his voice. The plea for mercy admits he has no claim apart from grace. Such bold yet humble appeal foreshadows the access believers have through Christ, the one Mediator who ensures our prayers are heard.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 130:2–4Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- Ps 13:3Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
- Ps 5:2Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.
- Ps 4:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- Ps 143:1–2A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve 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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