The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.
- KJV The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
- NKJV The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
- NASB The Lord has heard my pleading, The Lord receives my prayer.
- NLT The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer.
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Quick answer
David declares with confidence that the Lord has heard his supplication and accepts his prayer. Assurance of answered prayer settles the troubled heart.
Overview
Repeating his confidence for emphasis, David affirms that God has heard and received his plea. The same God who seemed distant in his anguish is now known to be attentive and gracious. This certainty rests on God's faithful character and assures believers that their prayers, offered through Christ, are heard and accepted.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Ps 66:19–20But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- Ps 120:1A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- 2 Cor 12:8–10Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
- Ps 118:5In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
- Ps 40:1–2For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Ps 138:3On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Jonah 2:7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
- 2 Cor 1:10–11He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
- Ps 3:4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
- Jonah 2:2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
- Ps 116:1–2I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
- Ps 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
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