Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
New American Standard Bible
A Prayer of David.
For I am
King James Version
{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Holman Bible
A Davidic prayer.
for I am poor and needy.
International Standard Version
LORD, listen and answer me, for I am afflicted and needy.
American Standard Version
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
Amplified
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
Bible in Basic English
Let your ears be open to my voice, O Lord, and give me an answer; for I am poor and in need.
Darby Translation
{A Prayer of David.} Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
Julia Smith Translation
A prayer to David. Incline, O Jehovah, thine ear: answer me, for I am poor and needy.
King James 2000
[A Prayer of David.] Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.
Modern King James verseion
A Prayer of David. Bow down Your ear, O Jehovah, hear me; for I am poor and needy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor.
NET Bible
A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.
New Heart English Bible
Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
The Emphasized Bible
Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear - answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I;
Webster
A Prayer of David. Bow down thy ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
World English Bible
Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Youngs Literal Translation
A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 86:1
Prayers for Psalm 86:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament And Petition
1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul, for I am devout. O thou my God, save thy servant who trusts in thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be thou to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Psalm 40:17
But I am poor and needy, [yet] LORD thinks upon me. Thou are my help and my deliverer. Make no delay, O my God.
Psalm 10:14
Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits [himself] to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou will answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me, [and] hear my speech.
Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.
Psalm 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to thee.
Psalm 102:17
He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Psalm 119:22
Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalm 140:12
I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.
Psalm 142:1
I cry with my voice to LORD. With my voice to LORD I make supplication.
Isaiah 37:17
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear. Open thine eyes, O LORD, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
Isaiah 66:2
For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hear. Open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name. For we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sak
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
Luke 4:18
The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv
James 1:9-10
Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?