Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Hear, Yahweh, 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.
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.
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.
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 Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy. 2 Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You, my God, save your servant who trusts in you.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 31:2
Bow down your ear to me. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a strong rock, a house of defense to save me.
Psalm 40:17
But I am poor and needy. May the Lord think about me. You are my help and my deliverer. Don't delay, my God. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
Psalm 10:14
But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
Psalm 17:6
I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 72:12-14
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
Psalm 102:1
Hear my prayer, Yahweh! Let my cry come to you.
Psalm 102:17
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Psalm 119:22
Take reproach and contempt away from me, for I have kept your statutes.
Psalm 140:12
I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.
Psalm 142:1
I cry with my voice to Yahweh. With my voice, I ask Yahweh for mercy.
Isaiah 37:17
Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.
Isaiah 66:2
For all these things has my hand made, and [so] all these things came to be," says Yahweh: "but to this man will I look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
Daniel 9:18
My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Luke 4:18
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
James 1:9-10
But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?