Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. Treasury of Scripture A Prayer of David., or a prayer, being a Psalm of David. This Psalm is supposed to have been composed by David either when persecuted by Saul, or driven from Jerusalem by Absalom. Psalm 102:1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you. Psalm 142:1 I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my supplication. Bow Psalm 31:2 Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. Isaiah 37:17 Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib... Daniel 9:18 O my God, incline your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by your name... for I am Psalm 10:14 You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you... Psalm 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. Psalm 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks on me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. Psalm 72:12-14 For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper... Psalm 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. Psalm 119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies. Psalm 140:12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. Isaiah 66:2 For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, said the LORD: but to this man will I look... 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 the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted... James 1:9,10 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted... James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith...
Context Hear, O Lord, for I Am Poor and Needy
1Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. 2Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O you my God, save your servant that trusts in you. 3Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry to you daily. 4Rejoice the soul of your servant: for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 5For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all them that call on you. 6Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. 7In the day of my trouble I will call on you: for you will answer me. 8Among the gods there is none like to you, O Lord; neither are there any works like to your works. 9All nations whom you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name. 10For you are great, and do wondrous things: you are God alone. 11Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name. 12I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify your name for ever more. 13For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. 14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set you before them. 15But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. 16O turn to me, and have mercy on me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid. 17Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me; For I am poor and needy.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A prayer for David himself. Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear me: for I am needy and poor.
Darby Bible Translation
{A Prayer of David.} Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
King James Bible
[[A Prayer of David.]] Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Young's Literal Translation
A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.
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