Psalms 86:1

¶ A Prayer of David. Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I [am] poor and needy.

A Prayer {H8605} of David {H1732}. Bow down {H5186}{H8685)} thine ear {H241}, O LORD {H3068}, hear {H6030}{H8798)} me: for I am poor {H6041} and needy {H34}.

A prayer of David: Listen, ADONAI, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 31:2 (13 votes)

    Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

  • Psalms 40:17 (11 votes)

    But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

  • Daniel 9:18 (9 votes)

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

  • Matthew 5:3 (8 votes)

    Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Psalms 34:6 (7 votes)

    This poor man cried, and the LORD heard [him], and saved him out of all his troubles.

  • James 2:5 (6 votes)

    Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?

  • Luke 4:18 (6 votes)

    The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,