Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor.
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.
A Conservative Version
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor 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.
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 {A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor. 2 Preserve thou my soul, for I am holy; my God, help thy servant that putteth his trust in thee.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; make haste to deliver me. And be thou my strong rock, and a house of defense, that thou mayest save me.
Psalm 40:17
As for me, I am poor, and in misery, but the LORD careth for me. Thou art my helper and redeemer; make no long tarrying, O my God.
Psalm 10:14
Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter into thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.
Psalm 17:6
I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me; incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.
Psalm 34:6
Lo, the poor crieth, and the LORD heareth him, yea, and saveth him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.
Psalm 102:1
{A prayer of the afflicted, when he was in woe, and poured out his complaint before the Lord} Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my crying come unto thee.
Psalm 102:17
when he turneth him unto the prayer of the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire.
Psalm 119:22
O turn from me shame and rebuke, for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalm 140:12
Sure I am, that the LORD will avenge the poor, and maintain the cause of the helpless.
Psalm 142:1
{The Instruction of David, a prayer when he was in the cave} I cry unto the LORD with my voice; yea, even unto the LORD do I make my supplication.
Isaiah 37:17
Incline thine ear LORD, and consider, open thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and ponder all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent his embassage to blaspheme the living God.
Isaiah 66:2
As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.
Daniel 9:18
O my God, incline thine ear, and hearken; at the least for thine own sake, open thine eyes. Behold how we be desolated: yea, and the city also, which is called after thy name. For we do not cast our prayers before thee in our own righteousnesses, no, but only in thy great mercies.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 4:18
"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;
James 1:9-10
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted,
James 2:5
Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?