Psalms 17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
KJV
Dolores inferni circumdederunt me ; præoccupaverunt me laquei mortis.
Vulgate
ὠδῖνες ᾅδου περιεκύκλωσάν με, προέφθασάν με παγίδες θανάτου.
LXX
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
ASV
אֲנִֽי קְרָאתִ֣י/ךָ כִֽי תַעֲנֵ֣/נִי אֵ֑ל הַֽט אָזְנְ/ךָ֥ לִ֝֗/י שְׁמַ֣ע אִמְרָתִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֵ֣ל
'l
noun · 244×
אָזְנֵ֣י
'zny
noun · 188×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ךָ
k
noun · 37×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
נָטִ֤יתִי
ntyty
verb · 216×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
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Cross-references
- Dan 9:17 — Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
- Isa 37:17 — Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
- Isa 37:17 — Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
- Isa 37:20 — Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
- Ps 4:1 — Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- Ps 20:9 — Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
- Ps 38:15 — For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
- Ps 55:16 — As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
- Ps 66:19 — But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
- Ps 71:2 — Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
- Ps 86:1 — Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
- Ps 86:7 — In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
- Ps 86:7 — In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
- Ps 88:2 — Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
- Ps 116:2 — Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.