But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Parallel translations
- WEB But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
- KJV But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
- BSB But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- NASB But God has heard; He has given attention to the sound of my prayer.
- NLT But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer.
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Quick answer
But God did listen and heard his prayer. It affirms God's faithfulness to hear the prayers of the upright.
Overview
In contrast to the warning of the prior verse, the psalmist joyfully declares that God truly heard his prayer. God attends to the cry of those who come to Him sincerely. Believers have full assurance that the Father hears them through the mediation of His Son.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 116:1–2I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- 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,
- Lam 3:55–56I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon.
- Ps 6:9Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.
- Ps 34:6This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- 1 Jn 3:20–22because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
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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.
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