Psalms 86:1

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“Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.”

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BSBPD

“Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I <FI>am<Fi> poor and needy.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 86:1 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
  2. Psalms 17:6I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
  3. Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
  4. Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
  5. Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
  6. Psalms 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
  7. Psalms 72:12For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
  8. Psalms 102:1Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
  9. Psalms 102:17He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
  10. Psalms 119:22Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
  11. Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
  12. Psalms 142:1I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.
  13. 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.
  14. Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
  15. Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
  16. Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  17. Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
  18. James 1:9The brother in humble circumstances should exult in his high position.
  19. James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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