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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Psalms 54:2

Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Neginoth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Psalms;   Sin;   Ziph;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Psalms, Book of;   Ziph (1);   Ziphims;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God, hear my prayer;listen to the words from my mouth.
Hebrew Names Version
Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.
King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
English Standard Version
O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
New Century Version
Hear my prayer, God; listen to what I say.
New English Translation
O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say!
Amplified Bible
Hear my prayer, O God; Listen to the words of my mouth.
New American Standard Bible
Hear my prayer, God; Listen to the words of my mouth.
World English Bible
Hear my prayer, God. Listen to the words of my mouth.
Geneva Bible (1587)
O God, heare my prayer: hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth.
Legacy Standard Bible
O God, hear my prayer;Give ear to the words of my mouth.
Contemporary English Version
Listen to my prayer and hear what I say.
Complete Jewish Bible
when the Zifim came and told Sha'ul, "David is hiding with us":
Darby Translation
O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Easy-to-Read Version
God, listen to my prayer. Listen to what I say.
George Lamsa Translation
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Good News Translation
Hear my prayer, O God; listen to my words!
Lexham English Bible
O God, hear my prayer; heed the words of my mouth.
Literal Translation
Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Heare my prayer (o God) considre the wordes of my mouth.
American Standard Version
Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.
Bible in Basic English
Let my prayer come before you, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
when the Ziphites came and said to Saul: 'Doth not David hide himself with us?'
King James Version (1611)
Heare my prayer, O God; giue eare to the words of my mouth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare my prayer O Lord: and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
O God, hear my prayer; hearken to the words of my mouth.
English Revised Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God, here thou my preier; with eeris perseyue thou the wordis of my mouth.
Update Bible Version
Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.
Webster's Bible Translation
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
New King James Version
Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.
New Living Translation
Listen to my prayer, O God. Pay attention to my plea.
New Life Bible
Hear my prayer, O God. Listen to the words of my mouth.
New Revised Standard
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
O God! Hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth;
Douay-Rheims Bible
(53-4) O God, hear my prayer: give ear to the words of my mouth.
Revised Standard Version
Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.
Young's Literal Translation
O God, hear my prayer, Give ear to the sayings of my mouth,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth.

Contextual Overview

1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil of David. When the Ziphites went to Saul and said, "Is David not hiding among us?" Save me, O God, by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might! 2Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth.3For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life-men with no regard for God. Selah

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 5:1-3, Psalms 13:3, Psalms 55:1, Psalms 55:2, Psalms 130:2, Psalms 143:7

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hear my prayer, O God,.... The psalmist first puts up his petitions, and then desires to be heard; his distress, and the fervency of his spirit, not suffering him to observe order;

give ear to the words of my mouth; for the prayer which was conceived in his mind, and inwrought there by the Spirit of God, was expressed vocally.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear my prayer, O God - My earnest cry for deliverance from the designs of those who would betray me.

Give ear to the words of my mouth - Incline thine ear to me, as one does who wishes to hear. See the notes at Psalms 17:6.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 54:2. Hear my prayer — In his straits he had recourse to God; for from him alone, for the reasons alleged above, his deliverance must proceed.


 
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