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You who hear prayer, to you all men will come.
Psalms 65:2 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
  • BSB O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
  • NKJV O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.
  • NASB You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.
  • NLT for you answer our prayers. All of us must come to you.

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Quick answer

God is the One who hears prayer, so all people will come to Him. It celebrates God as the universal hearer of prayer.

Overview

David names God as the One who hears prayer and anticipates that all flesh will come to Him. This points beyond Israel toward the nations, hinting at God's worldwide purpose. In Christ this is fulfilled as people from every nation draw near to God through Him who ever lives to intercede.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 19

  • Jer 29:12–13You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
  • Isa 65:24It will happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Isa 66:23It shall happen that from one new moon to another, and from one Sabbath to another, all flesh will come to worship before me,” says Yahweh.
  • 1 Jn 5:14–15This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
  • Ps 66:19But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
  • Ps 86:9All nations you have made will come and worship before you, Lord. They shall glorify your name.
  • Ps 145:18–19Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
  • Acts 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
  • Luke 11:9–10“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
  • Dan 9:17–19Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
  • 2 Chr 33:13He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.
  • Ps 66:4All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.” Selah.
  • 1 Kgs 18:37Hear me, Yahweh, hear me, that this people may know that you, Yahweh, are God, and that you have turned their heart back again.”
  • Ps 102:17He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
  • Isa 49:6Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel? I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”
  • John 12:32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”
  • Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
  • 1 Kgs 18:29When midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the evening offering; but there was no voice, no answer, and nobody paid attention.
  • Ps 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to Yahweh. All the relatives of the nations shall worship before you.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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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 65:2 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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