For the Chief Musician. For a stringed instrument. By David. Hear my cry, God. Listen to my prayer.
Parallel translations
- KJV Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
- BSB For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. Of David. Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
- NKJV Hear my cry, O God; Attend to my prayer.
- NASB Hear my cry, God; Give Your attention to my prayer.
- NLT O God, listen to my cry! Hear my prayer!
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Phil 4:6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
- 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 86:6Hear, Yahweh, my prayer. Listen to the voice of my petitions.
- 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 17:1A Prayer by David. Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips.
- Ps 5:1–3For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David. Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
- Ps 54:1For the Chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A contemplation by David, when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, “Isn’t David hiding himself among us?” Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
- Ps 6:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
- 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 28:2Hear the voice of my petitions, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your Most Holy Place.
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