Psalms 71:2
You deliver me in Your righteousness, || And cause me to escape, || Incline Your ear to me, and save me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
In Context
1In You, O YHWH, I have trusted, || Do not let me be disappointed for all time.
Cross References
Psalms 10:17You have heard the desire of the humble, O YHWH. You prepare their heart; You cause Your ear to attend,
Psalms 17:6I called You, for You answer me, || O God, incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me quickly, deliver me, || Be to me for a strong rock, || For a house of bulwarks to save me.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, || And plead my cause against a nation not pious, || You deliver me from a man of deceit and perverseness,
Psalms 143:1A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, hear my prayer, || Give ear to my supplications, || Answer me in Your faithfulness—in Your righteousness.
Daniel 9:16O Lord, according to all Your righteous acts, please let Your anger and Your fury turn back from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain, for by our sins, and by the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people [are] for a reproach to all our neighbors;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 71:2-14
David Professes His Confidence in God; Believing Prayers. 1 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. 2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. 3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. 4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. 5 For thou art my hope, O Lord God :… Read the whole commentary →