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Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.
Psalms 55:17 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
  • KJV Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
  • BSB Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
  • NASB Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and moan, And He will hear my voice.
  • NLT Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice.

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Quick answer

David commits to crying out to God evening, morning, and noon, sure that God hears. It models persistent, regular prayer in distress.

Overview

David pledges to pray at all times of day, confident that God will hear his voice. The rhythm of constant prayer reflects steady dependence rather than sporadic crisis-calling. It encourages believers toward a habit of continual, expectant prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • 1 Th 5:17Pray without ceasing.
  • Eph 6:18with all prayer and requests, praying at all times in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end in all perseverance and requests for all the saints:
  • Ps 141:2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
  • Heb 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
  • Acts 3:1Peter and John were going up into the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
  • Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
  • Ps 119:147–148I rise before dawn and cry for help. I put my hope in your words.
  • Acts 10:9Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
  • Dan 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
  • Ps 92:2to proclaim your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night,
  • Ps 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
  • Ps 88:13But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
  • Acts 10:30Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
  • Mark 6:46After he had taken leave of them, he went up the mountain to pray.
  • Acts 10:3At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, “Cornelius!”
  • Ps 5:2–3Listen to the voice of my cry, my King and my God; for to you do I pray.
  • Dan 6:13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.
  • Luke 18:1–7He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
  • Lam 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
  • Mark 6:48Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
  • Job 19:7“Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 55:17 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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