Psalms 17:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.”

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BSBPD

“I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“I--I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 17:6 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 4:4Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
  2. Psalms 13:3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
  3. Psalms 55:16But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
  4. Psalms 66:19But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
  5. Psalms 86:7In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
  6. Psalms 88:2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
  7. Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
  8. Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  9. Isaiah 37:20And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
  10. Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

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