The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer 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.
- BSB The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts 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.
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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 most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
- Ps 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- 2 Cor 12:8–10Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
- Ps 118:5Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
- Ps 40:1–2For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.
- Ps 138:3In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.
- Jonah 2:7“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
- 2 Cor 1:10–11who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
- Ps 3:4I cry to Yahweh with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- Jonah 2:2He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
- Ps 116:1–2I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- Ps 31:22As for me, I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before your eyes.” Nevertheless you heard the voice of my petitions when I cried to you.
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