Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
Parallel translations
- KJV Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
- BSB May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
- NKJV Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry.
- NASB Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry!
- NLT Now hear my prayer; listen to my cry.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 31:2Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
- Ps 141:1–2A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
- Lam 3:8Yes, when I cry, and call for help, he shuts out my prayer.
- Ps 79:11Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you. According to the greatness of your power, preserve those who are sentenced to death.
- 1 Kgs 8:31“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
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