Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, October 10th, 2024
the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Read the Bible

New Living Translation

Psalms 55:17

Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Faith;   Prayer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Devotional Life;   Night (Ancient);   Noon;   Prayer;   Prayerfulness;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Deliverance;   Destruction;   Hearing;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Day;   Evening, the;   Prayer, Private;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Day;   Hour;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Day;   Number;   Prayer;   Synagogue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Day;   Numbers (2);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Day;   Evening;   God;   Psalms the book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Day;   Prayer;   Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;   Day;   Hours of Prayer;   Number;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Prayer;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Evening and morning and at noon, I will bring my complaint and moan,And He will hear my voice.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the euening and morning, and at noone day wyll I pray, and that most instantly: and he wyll heare my voyce.
Darby Translation
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
New King James Version
Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.
Literal Translation
Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and cry aloud; and He will hear my voice.
Easy-to-Read Version
I speak to God morning, noon, and night. I tell him what upsets me, and he listens to me!
World English Bible
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
King James Version (1611)
Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and crie aloud: and he shall heare my voyce.
King James Version
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace, from them that laye waite for me: for they are many agaynst me.
Amplified Bible
Evening and morning and at noon I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.
American Standard Version
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
Bible in Basic English
In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.
Update Bible Version
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, I will complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
Webster's Bible Translation
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he will hear my voice.
New English Translation
During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me.
Contemporary English Version
Morning, noon, and night you hear my concerns and my complaints.
Complete Jewish Bible
But I will call on God, and Adonai will save me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, & he wil heare my voice.
George Lamsa Translation
At evening and in the morning and at noon will I pray and cry aloud; and he shall hear my voice.
Hebrew Names Version
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
New Life Bible
I will cry out and complain in the evening and morning and noon, and He will hear my voice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Evening, and morning, and at noon I will declare and make known my wants: and he shall hear my voice.
English Revised Version
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan: and he shall hear my voice.
Berean Standard Bible
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He will hear my voice.
New Revised Standard
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
At evening and morning and high noon, have I been wont to lament and complain, And he hath heard my voice!
Douay-Rheims Bible
(54-18) Evening and morning, and at noon I will speak and declare: and he shall hear my voice.
Lexham English Bible
Morning, noon and night I will lament and groan loudly, and he will hear my voice.
English Standard Version
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice.
New American Standard Bible
Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and moan, And He will hear my voice.
New Century Version
Morning, noon, and night I am troubled and upset, but he will listen to me.
Good News Translation
Morning, noon, and night my complaints and groans go up to him, and he will hear my voice.
Christian Standard Bible®
I complain and groan morning, noon, and night, and He hears my voice.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In the euentid and morewtid and in myddai Y schal telle, and schewe; and he schal here my vois.
Young's Literal Translation
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
Revised Standard Version
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he will hear my voice.

Contextual Overview

16 But I will call on God, and the Lord will rescue me. 17 Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice. 18 He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me. 19 God, who has ruled forever, will hear me and humble them. Interlude For my enemies refuse to change their ways; they do not fear God. 20 As for my companion, he betrayed his friends; he broke his promises. 21 His words are as smooth as butter, but in his heart is war. His words are as soothing as lotion, but underneath are daggers! 22 Give your burdens to the Lord , and he will take care of you. He will not permit the godly to slip and fall. 23 But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Evening: Psalms 5:2, Psalms 5:3, Psalms 119:62, Psalms 119:147, Psalms 119:148, Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:13, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, Mark 6:48, Luke 18:1-7, Acts 3:1, Acts 10:3, Acts 10:9, Acts 10:30, Ephesians 6:18, 1 Thessalonians 5:17

cry: Job 19:7, Lamentations 3:8, Hebrews 5:7

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:39 - in the morning 1 Samuel 1:19 - they rose Nehemiah 1:6 - day and night Psalms 4:3 - the Lord Psalms 22:2 - I cry Psalms 69:13 - my prayer Psalms 77:1 - I cried Psalms 86:3 - for I Psalms 88:9 - called Psalms 109:4 - but I Psalms 116:2 - therefore Psalms 119:164 - Seven times Jeremiah 18:19 - Give Micah 7:7 - I will look Matthew 6:5 - when Acts 10:2 - and prayed Romans 12:12 - continuing Philippians 4:6 - in Colossians 4:2 - Continue

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray,.... These being the stated times of prayer with the Jews, and which continued to later ages, Daniel 6:10. These times, they say b, were fixed by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: the morning prayer by Abraham, according to Genesis 22:3, the prayer of the "minchah" by Isaac, according to Genesis 24:63; and the evening prayer by Jacob, according to Genesis 28:11. The prayer of the evening was at the time of the evening sacrifice, to which it is compared, Psalms 141:2. This was at the ninth hour, at which time Peter and John went up to the temple to pray; and Cornelius prayed in his own house, Acts 3:1. The prayer of the morning was at the time of the morning daily sacrifice, and was about the third hour of the day; at which time the apostles met together for prayer on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2:1; and that at noon was at the sixth hour of the day; at which time Peter went up to the housetop to pray, Acts 10:9. And now, though we are not tied down to these exact and precise times of prayer, yet this teaches us that we ought to pray frequently and constantly, and that a day should not pass without it; and the morning and evening seem to be very proper seasons for it, seeing the mercies of the Lord are new every morning; and we should be thankful for them and the mercies of the night past, and implore divine protection and grace for the day following; and at evening we should express our thankfulness for the mercies of the day, and commit ourselves and families into the hands of God, who is Israel's Keeper, that neither slumbers nor sleeps;

and cry aloud; denoting the distress he was in, the fervency of his prayer, and the importunity of it;

and he shall hear my voice; this he might be assured of, from the general character of God, as a God hearing prayer, and from his own special and particular experience of the truth of it, and from the promises made unto him.

b Yalkut Simeoni in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray - In another place Psalms 119:164 the psalmist says that he engaged in acts of devotion seven times in a day. Daniel prayed three times a day, Daniel 6:10. David went, in his troubles, before God evening, morning, and mid-day, in solemn, earnest prayer. So Paul, in a time of great distress, gave himself on three set occasions to earnest prayer for deliverance. See the notes at 2 Corinthians 12:8. This verse, therefore, does not prove that it was a regular habit of David to pray three times a day; but in view of the passage, it may be remarked

(a) that it is proper to have regular seasons for devotion, of frequent occurrence; and

(b) that there are favorable and suitable times for devotion.

The morning and the evening are obviously appropriate; and it is well to divide the day also by prayer - to seek, at mid-day, the rest titan bodily and mental toil which is secured by communion with God - and to implore that strength which we need for the remaining duties of the day. True religion is cultivated by frequent and regular seasons of devotion.

And cry aloud - The word here employed properly means to murmur; to make a humming sound; to sigh; to growl; to groan. See the notes at Psalms 42:5. Here the language means that he would give utterance to his deep feelings in appropriate tones - whether words, sighs, or groans. To the deep thoughts and sorrows of his soul he would often give suitable expression before God.

And he shall hear my voice - The confident language of faith, as in Psalms 55:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 55:17. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray — This was the custom of the pious Hebrews. See Daniel 6:10. The Hebrews began their day in the evening, and hence David mentions the evening first. The rabbins say, Men should pray three times each day, because the day changes three times. This was observed in the primitive Church; but the times, in different places, were various. The old Psalter gives this a curious turn: "At even I sall tel his louing (praise) what tim Crist was on the Crosse: and at morn I sall schew his louing, what tim he ros fra dede. And sua he sall here my voyce at mid day, that is sitand at the right hand of his fader, wheder he stegh (ascended) at mid day."


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile