Psalms 17:6

I call on thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thy ear unto me, hear my speech.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5My steps held firmly to thy tracks, [and] my footsteps did not slip.

7Show marvelously thy loving-kindnesses, O thou that savest those who put their trust [in thee] from those that rise up [against them] by thy right hand.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:4(4:5) Tremble, and sin not: commune with your heart upon your bed, and be still Selah.

Psalms 55:16(55:17) I, however, will call on God: and the Lord will save me.

Psalms 86:7On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.

Psalms 116:2For he hath inclined his ear unto me: therefore throughout all my days will I call on him.

Isaiah 37:20And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, thou alone.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:2-8

Sincere and Importunate Prayer. 1 Hear the right, O Lord , attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. 3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. 5 Hold up my goings… Read the whole commentary →

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