Psalms 17:6

I have called upon you, for you will hear me, O God: incline yours ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Updated King James Version

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

5Hold up my activities in your paths, that my footsteps slip not.

7Show your marvellous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them.

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Cross References

Psalms 4:4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

Psalms 55:16As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

Psalms 86:7In the day of my trouble I will call upon you: for you will answer me.

Psalms 116:2Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Isaiah 37:20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD, even you only.

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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