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Geneva Bible

Psalms 17:6

I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Ear;   Faith;   Prayer;   The Topic Concordance - Hearing;   Salvation;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Call, Calling;   Prayer;   Upright, Uprightness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Future State;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Belly;   Eschatology of the Old Testament (with Apocryphal and Apocalyptic Writings);   Psalms, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I call on you, God,because you will answer me;listen closely to me; hear what I say.
Hebrew Names Version
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
King James Version
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
English Standard Version
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my words.
New Century Version
I call to you, God, and you answer me. Listen to me now, and hear what I say.
New English Translation
I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say!
Amplified Bible
I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
New American Standard Bible
I have called upon You, for You will answer me, God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
World English Bible
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God: Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
Legacy Standard Bible
I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.
Berean Standard Bible
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
Contemporary English Version
I pray to you, God, because you will help me. Listen and answer my prayer!
Complete Jewish Bible
Now I call on you, God, for you will answer me. Turn your ear to me, hear my words.
Darby Translation
I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.
Easy-to-Read Version
Every time I call to you, God, you answer me. So listen to me now, and hear what I say.
George Lamsa Translation
I have called upon thee, for thou hast heard me. O God, incline thine ear unto me and hear my words.
Good News Translation
I pray to you, O God, because you answer me; so turn to me and listen to my words.
Lexham English Bible
As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.
Literal Translation
I have called on You, for You will answer me, O God; bow down Your ear to me and hear my word.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For vnto the I crie, heare me o God: enclyne thine eares to me, and herke vnto my wordes.
American Standard Version
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Bible in Basic English
My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.
King James Version (1611)
I haue called vpon thee, for thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare vnto me, and heare my speach.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I call vpon thee O God, for thou wilt heare me: incline thine eare to me, hearken vnto my wordes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.
English Revised Version
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I criede, for thou, God, herdist me; bowe doun thin eere to me, and here thou my wordis.
Update Bible Version
I have called on you, for you will answer me, O God: Incline your ear to me, [and] hear my speech.
Webster's Bible Translation
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thy ear to me, [and hear] my speech.
New King James Version
I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.
New Living Translation
I am praying to you because I know you will answer, O God. Bend down and listen as I pray.
New Life Bible
I have called to You, O God, for You will answer me. Listen to me and hear my words.
New Revised Standard
I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me, hear my words.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O GOD, - Incline thine ear unto me, Hear thou my speech:
Douay-Rheims Bible
(16-6) I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
Revised Standard Version
I call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God; incline thy ear to me, hear my words.
Young's Literal Translation
I -- I called Thee, for Thou dost answer me, O God, incline Thine ear to me, hear my speech.
THE MESSAGE
I call to you, God, because I'm sure of an answer. So—answer! bend your ear! listen sharp! Paint grace-graffiti on the fences; take in your frightened children who Are running from the neighborhood bullies straight to you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

Contextual Overview

1 The prayer of Dauid. Heare the right, O Lorde, consider my crye: hearken vnto my prayer of lips vnfained. 2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence, and let thine eyes beholde equitie. 3 Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend. 4 Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man. 5 Stay my steps in thy paths, that my feete doe not slide. 6 I haue called vpon thee: surely thou wilt heare me, O God: incline thine eare to me, and hearken vnto my wordes. 7 Shewe thy marueilous mercies, thou that art the Sauiour of them that trust in thee, from such as resist thy right hand.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have: Psalms 55:16, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 66:20, Psalms 116:2

incline: Psalms 13:3, Psalms 13:4, Isaiah 37:17, Isaiah 37:20, Daniel 9:17-19

Reciprocal: Psalms 71:2 - incline Daniel 9:18 - incline

Cross-References

Genesis 17:4
Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,
Genesis 17:6
Also I will make thee exceeding fruitfull, and will make nations of thee: yea, Kings shall proceede of thee.
Genesis 17:16
And I will blesse her, & will also giue thee a sonne of her, yea, I will blesse her, and she shall be the mother of nations: Kings also of people shall come of her.
Genesis 17:17
Then Abraham fell vpon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a childe be borne vnto him, that is an hundreth yeere olde? and shall Sarah that is ninetie yeere olde beare?
Genesis 17:20
And as concerning Ishmael, I haue heard thee: loe, I haue blessed him, and will make him fruitfull, and will multiplie him exceedingly: twelue princes shall he beget, and I will make a great nation of him.
Genesis 35:11
Againe God said vnto him, I am God all sufficient. growe, and multiplie. a nation and a multitude of nations shall spring of thee, and Kings shall come out of thy loynes.
Ezra 4:20
There haue bene mightie kings also ouer Ierusalem, which haue ruled ouer all beyonde the Riuer, and tolle, tribute, and custome was giuen vnto them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have called upon thee,.... In prayer. This had been the constant practice of the psalmist, and he still continued in it;

for thou wilt hear me, O God; God is a God hearing prayer; he is used to hear his people, and they have frequent experience of it, and they may be assured that whatsoever they ask according to his will, and in the name of Christ, he will hear; and such an assurance is a reason engaging the saints to a constant calling upon God, Psalms 116:2; and such confidence of being always heard Christ had, John 11:41;

incline thine ear unto me, [and hear] my speech; meaning his prayer, which he now directed to him in full assurance of being heard, and is as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have called upon thee for thou wilt hear me, O God - The meaning of this is, “I have called on thee heretofore, and will do it still, because I am certain that thou wilt hear me.” That is, he was encouraged to call upon God by the conviction that he would hear his prayer, and would grant his request. In other words, he came to God in faith; in the full belief of his readiness to answer prayer, and to bestow needed blessings. Compare John 11:42; Hebrews 11:6.

Incline thine ear unto me - See the notes at Psalms 17:1.

My speech - My prayer. The reference here, as in Psalms 17:1, is to prayer “uttered” before God; and not mere mental prayer.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 17:6. Incline thine ear unto me — David prayed from a conviction that God would hear: but he could not be satisfied unless he received an answer. In a believer's mind the petition and the answer should not be separated.


 
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