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Psalms 65:2

Anyone can come to you, and you will listen to their prayers.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Gentiles;   Prayer;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Choosing/chosen;   Hearing;   Prayer;   Satisfaction;   Transgression;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Flesh;   Prayer;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Al-Tashheth;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Flesh;   Omnipotence;   Poetry, Hebrew;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Flesh;   Peace-Offering;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for April 16;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
O You who hear prayer,To You all flesh comes.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
O You who hear prayer, To You all men come.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou that hearest a prayer: vnto thee shall all fleshe come.
Darby Translation
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
New King James Version
O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.
Literal Translation
To You who hears prayer, all flesh comes.
World English Bible
You who hear prayer, To you all men will come.
King James Version (1611)
O thou that hearest prayer, vnto thee shall all flesh come.
King James Version
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou hearest the prayer, therfore cometh all flesh vnto the.
Amplified Bible
O You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.
American Standard Version
O thou that hearest prayer, Unto thee shall all flesh come.
Bible in Basic English
To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.
Update Bible Version
O you that hear prayer, To you shall all flesh come.
Webster's Bible Translation
O thou that hearest prayer, to thee shall all flesh come.
New English Translation
You hear prayers; all people approach you.
Contemporary English Version
Everyone will come to you because you answer prayer.
Complete Jewish Bible
To you, God, in Tziyon, silence is praise; and vows to you are to be fulfilled.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Because thou hearest the prayer, vnto thee shall all flesh come.
George Lamsa Translation
O hear my prayer; unto thee shall all flesh come.
Hebrew Names Version
You who hear prayer, To you all men will come.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion; and unto Thee the vow is performed.
New Living Translation
for you answer our prayers. All of us must come to you.
New Life Bible
O You Who hears prayer, to You all men come.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Hear my prayer; to thee all flesh shall come.
English Revised Version
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Berean Standard Bible
O You who listen to prayer, all men will come to You.
New Revised Standard
O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thou hearer of prayer! Unto thee, shall all flesh come.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(64-3) O hear my prayer: all flesh shall come to thee.
Lexham English Bible
O you who hear prayer, to you all flesh will come.
English Standard Version
O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
New American Standard Bible
You who hear prayer, To You all mankind comes.
New Century Version
You hear our prayers. All people will come to you.
Good News Translation
because you answer prayers. People everywhere will come to you
Christian Standard Bible®
All humanity will come to You, the One who hears prayer.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Here thou my preier; ech man schal come to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
Hearer of prayer, to Thee all flesh cometh.
Revised Standard Version
O thou who hearest prayer! To thee shall all flesh come

Contextual Overview

1

To the director: A praise song of David.

God in Zion, we praise you and give you what we promised. 2 Anyone can come to you, and you will listen to their prayers. 3 When our sins become too heavy for us, you wipe them away. 4 Oh, how wonderful it is to be the people you chose to come and stay in your Temple. And we are so happy to have the wonderful things that are in your Temple, your holy palace. 5 God, you answer our prayers and do what is right. You do amazing things to save us. People all over the world know they can trust in you, even those who live across the sea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Psalms 66:19, Psalms 102:17, Psalms 145:18, Psalms 145:19, 1 Kings 18:29, 1 Kings 18:37, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Isaiah 65:24, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Daniel 9:17-19, Luke 11:9, Luke 11:10, Acts 10:31, 1 John 5:14, 1 John 5:15

unto thee: Psalms 22:27, Psalms 66:4, Psalms 86:9, Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 66:23, John 12:32, Revelation 11:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:4 - called Genesis 21:17 - heard Genesis 24:15 - before Genesis 25:21 - entreated Judges 13:9 - hearkened 2 Kings 19:20 - I have heard 2 Kings 20:5 - I have heard 1 Chronicles 4:10 - God granted 2 Chronicles 7:15 - mine eyes Psalms 5:2 - unto thee Psalms 18:3 - who Jeremiah 32:27 - God Jonah 2:2 - I cried Micah 7:7 - my God Luke 18:1 - that John 3:26 - and all Acts 2:17 - all 1 Peter 3:12 - his ears

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O thou that hearest prayer,.... So as to answer it sooner or later, in one way or another, and always in the fittest time, and in the best way; so as to fulfil the requests and supply the wants of men, so far as may be for their good, and God's glory; which is a proof of the omnipresence, omniscience, and all sufficiency of God; who can hear the prayers of his people in all places at the same time, and knows all their persons and wants, and what is most proper for them, and can and does supply all their needs, and causes all grace to abound towards them; and it also shows his wondrous grace and condescension, to listen to the cries and regard the prayers of the poor and destitute;

unto thee shall all flesh come; being encouraged by the above character of him. All sorts of persons may come to him; men of all nations, of every rank and degree, condition and circumstance; there is no bar unto nor bounds about the throne of grace; the way to it lies open through the Mediator; and all sensible sinners shall and do come thither, though they are but "flesh", frail and mortal, corrupt and sinful creatures, and know themselves to be so; and they that come aright come through Christ, the new and living way, in his name, and in the faith of him, and of being heard for his sake, and under the gracious influences of the spirit of grace and supplication: it may be considered as a prophecy of the calling of the Gentiles, and of their calling upon God through Christ, and of their coming to God in his house, which was to be, and is, an house of prayer to all people,

Isaiah 56:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O thou that hearest prayer - Who hast revealed thyself as a God hearing prayer - one of the leading characteristics of whose nature it is that thou dost hear prayer. Literally, “Hearer of prayer, to thee shall all flesh come.” Nothing as applied even to God is more sublime and beautiful than the appellative “Hearer of prayer.” Nothing in his attributes is of more interest and importance to man. Nothing more indicates his condescension and goodness; nothing so much encourages us in the endeavor to overcome our sins, to do good, to save our souls, and to save the souls of others. Dark and dismal would this world be, if God did not hear prayer; gloomy, inexpressibly gloomy, would be the prospects of man, if he had not the assurance that God is a prayer-hearing God - if he might not come to God at all times with the assurance that it is his very nature to hear prayer, and that his ear is ever open to the cries of the guilty, the suffering, the sad, the troubled, the dying.

Unto thee shall all flesh come - That is, all people - for the word is here used evidently to denote mankind. The idea is, that there is no other resource for man, no other help, no other refuge, but the God that hears prayer. No other being can meet his actual needs; and those needs are to be met only in connection with prayer. All people are permitted to come thus to God; all have need of his favor; all must perish unless, in answer to prayer, he interposes and saves the soul. It is also true that the period will arrive on earth when all flesh - all people - will come to God and worship him; when, instead of the scattered few who now approach him, all nations, all the dwellers on continents and islands, will worship him; will look to him in trouble; will acknowledge him as God; will supplicate his favor.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 65:2. Unto thee shall all flesh come. — All human beings should pray to God; and from him alone the sufficient portion of human spirits is to be derived. It is supposed to be a prediction of the calling of the Gentiles to the faith of the Gospel of Christ. A minister, immensely corpulent, began his address to God in the pulpit with these words: "O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come!" and most unluckily laid a strong emphasis on ALL FLESH. The coincidence was ominous; and I need not say, the people were not edified, for the effect was ludicrous. I mention this fact, which fell under my own notice, to warn those who minister in righteousness to avoid expressions which may be capable, from a similar circumstance, of a ludicrous application. I have known many good men who, to their no small grief, have been encumbered with a preternatural load of muscles; an evil to be deprecated and deplored.


 
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