Psalms 66:19
But because I confessed my sins, God has listened to me and he paid attention to my prayers.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
In Context
18If I had ignored the sins that I had committed, the Lord would not have paid any attention to me.
20I praise God because he has not ignored my prayers or stopped faithfully loving me.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:3Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your workers have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it.
Psalms 34:6I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
Lamentations 3:55But from the bottom of the pit I cried out to you [MTY], “Yahweh, help me!”
Hebrews 5:7When Christ lived on the earth [MTY], he prayed [DOU] to God and tearfully cried out loudly to him. Specifically, he asked God, who was able to help him, that he would not fear the sufferings just before he died. As a result, God listened to him, because Christ reverently submitted to what God wanted him to do.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:14-20
David Resolves to Praise God; David Declaring What God Has Done for His Soul. 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. 16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. 17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. 18… Read the whole commentary →