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Thursday, November 28th, 2024
the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 27:7

Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mercifulness-Unmercifulness;   Mercy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   Psalms, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Hear me as I pray, O Lord . Be merciful and answer me!
English Revised Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Update Bible Version
Hear, O Yahweh, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
New Century Version
Lord , hear me when I call; have mercy and answer me.
New English Translation
Hear me, O Lord , when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
World English Bible
Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
English Standard Version
Hear, O Lord , when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, here thou my vois, bi which Y criede to thee; haue thou merci on me, and here me.
Berean Standard Bible
Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
Contemporary English Version
Please listen when I pray! Have pity. Answer my prayer.
American Standard Version
Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Bible in Basic English
O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.
Complete Jewish Bible
Listen, Adonai , to my voice when I cry; show favor to me; and answer me.
Darby Translation
Hear, Jehovah; with my voice do I call; be gracious unto me, and answer me.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , hear my voice. Be kind and answer me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice, and be gracious unto me, and answer me.
King James Version (1611)
Heare, O Lord, when I crie with my voice: haue mercie also vpon mee, and answere me.
New Life Bible
O Lord, listen to my cry. Show loving-kindness to me and answer me.
New Revised Standard
Hear, O Lord , when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
Geneva Bible (1587)
Hearken vnto my voyce, O Lorde, when I crie: haue mercie also vpon mee and heare mee.
George Lamsa Translation
Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call upon thee; have mercy also upon me and answer me.
Good News Translation
Hear me, Lord , when I call to you! Be merciful and answer me!
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hear, O Yahweh, With my voice, do I cry, Oh then show me favour and answer me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(26-7) Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.
Revised Standard Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Hearken vnto my voyce O god, [when] I crye [vnto thee]: haue mercy vpon me and heare me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me.
Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, hear my voice when I call;be gracious to me and answer me.
Hebrew Names Version
Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
King James Version
Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Lexham English Bible
Hear, O Yahweh, my voice when I call, and be gracious to me and answer me.
Literal Translation
Hear, O Jehovah, my voice when I call, and favor me, and answer me.
Young's Literal Translation
Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore wil I offre in his dwellinge, the oblacion of thakesgeuynge: I wil both synge & speake prayses vnto the LORDE.
THE MESSAGE
Listen, God , I'm calling at the top of my lungs: "Be good to me! Answer me!" When my heart whispered, "Seek God," my whole being replied, "I'm seeking him!" Don't hide from me now! You've always been right there for me; don't turn your back on me now. Don't throw me out, don't abandon me; you've always kept the door open. My father and mother walked out and left me, but God took me in. Point me down your highway, God ; direct me along a well-lighted street; show my enemies whose side you're on. Don't throw me to the dogs, those liars who are out to get me, filling the air with their threats. I'm sure now I'll see God's goodness in the exuberant earth. Stay with God ! Take heart. Don't quit. I'll say it again: Stay with God .
New American Standard Bible
Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.
New King James Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hear, O Lord , when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice,And be gracious to me and answer me.

Contextual Overview

7Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.8When You said, "Seek My face [in prayer, require My presence as your greatest need]," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I will seek [on the authority of Your word]." 9Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor leave me, O God of my salvation! 10Although my father and my mother have abandoned me, Yet the LORD will take me up [adopt me as His child]. 11Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me on a level path Because of my enemies [who lie in wait]. 12Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, For false witnesses have come against me; They breathe out violence. 13I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. 14Wait for and confidently expect the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for and confidently expect the LORD.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 4:1, Psalms 5:2, Psalms 130:2-4, Psalms 143:1, Psalms 143:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 64:1 - Hear Psalms 140:6 - hear

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 33:1
This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
Joshua 6:26
Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates."
1 Samuel 24:19
"For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? So may the LORD reward you with good in return for what you have done for me this day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear, O Lord, [when] I cry with my voice,.... Which is to be understood of prayer, and that in the time of distress; and of vocal prayer, as distinguished from mental prayer; and the phrase denotes the vehemency and intenseness of it: and the request is, that the Lord would hear it; not only as he is omniscient and omnipresent, and so hears the prayers of all, good and bad; but as a God gracious and merciful, who sometimes very quickly hears, and answers in a gracious way, and sometimes seems to turn a deaf car, to shut out the prayers of his people, and cover himself with a cloud, that they should not pass through, or, however, defers an answer to it for a little while; yet, sooner or later, he always shows himself a God hearing prayer;

have mercy also upon me; by delivering him out of his temporal distresses, and by forgiving his iniquities;

and answer me; by speaking a word in season; commanding off the affliction he lay under, and by saying to him that his sins were forgiven him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice - This earnest prayer seems to have been prompted by a returning sense of danger. He had had assurance of the divine favor. He had found God ready to help him. He did not doubt but that He would aid him; yet all this did not prevent his calling upon Him for the aid which he needed, but rather stimulated him to do it. With all the deep-felt conviction of his heart that God was ready and willing to assist him, he still felt that he had no reason to hope for His aid unless he called upon Him. The phrase “when I cry with my voice” refers to the fact that he prayed audibly or aloud. It was not mental prayer, but that which found expression in the language of earnest entreaty.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 27:7. Hear, O Lord, when I cry — This is the utmost that any man of common sense can expect - to be heard when he cries. But there are multitudes who suppose God will bless them whether they cry or not; and there are others, and not a few, who although they listlessly pray and cry not, yet imagine God must and will hear them! God will answer them that pray and cry; those who do not are most likely to be without the blessings which they so much need.


 
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