Psalm 86:1

Lament And Petition

¹ Incline Your ear, O Lord, and answer me,
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
²
Protect my life (soul), for I am godly and faithful;
O You my God, save Your servant, who trusts in You [believing in You and relying on You, confidently committing everything to You].

Bow Down Your Ear

Hear My Prayer

Incline Your Ear

Listen to Me

Our Help

Poor and Needy

Answer Me

Bow Down Thine Ear

David

Jehovah

Psalm 31:2

Incline Your ear to me, deliver me quickly;
Be my rock of refuge,
And a strong fortress to save me.

Psalm 40:17

Even though I am afflicted and needy,
Still the Lord takes thought and is mindful of me.
You are my help and my rescuer.
O my God, do not delay.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand.
The unfortunate commits himself to You;
You are the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 17:6

I have called upon You, for You, O God, will answer me;
Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech.

Psalm 34:6

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him from all his troubles.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he will rescue the needy when he cries for help,
The afflicted and abused also, and him who has no helper.

Psalm 102:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord,
And let my cry for help come to You!

Psalm 102:17

He has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
And has not despised their prayer.

Psalm 119:22

Take reproach and contempt away from me,
For I observe Your testimonies.

Psalm 140:12

I know [with confidence] that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And [will secure] justice for the poor.

Psalm 142:1

I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord;
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.

Isaiah 37:17

Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib that he has sent to taunt and defy the living God.

Isaiah 66:2

“For all these things My hand has made,
So all these things came into being [by and for Me],” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look [graciously],
To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who [reverently] trembles at My word and honors My commands.

Daniel 9:18

O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You because of our own merits and righteousness, but because of Your great mercy and compassion.

Matthew 5:3

“Blessed [spiritually prosperous, happy, to be admired] are the poor in spirit [those devoid of spiritual arrogance, those who regard themselves as insignificant], for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me (the Messiah),
Because He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to announce release (pardon, forgiveness) to the captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed (downtrodden, bruised, crushed by tragedy),

James 1:9-10

Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position [as a born-again believer, called to the true riches and to be an heir of God];

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters: has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and [as believers to be] heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?