Psalm 86:1 “Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.”

Psalm 86:1

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

World English Bible

Hear, 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

A prayer of David. Incline thine eare, O Lord, and heare me: for I am poore and needy.

Darby Translation

Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

Young's Literal Translation

A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I [am] poor and needy.

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.

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Cross references

“A Prayer of David”

Psalm 142:1 Psalm 102:1

Psalm 142:1 · BSB

I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy.

Psalm 102:1 · BSB

Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

“Bow”

Psalm 31:2 Daniel 9:18 Isaiah 37:17

Psalm 31:2 · BSB

Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Daniel 9:18 · BSB

Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great co…

Isaiah 37:17 · BSB

Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

“for I am”

Psalm 40:17 Matthew 5:3 Psalm 34:6 James 2:5 Luke 4:18 Isaiah 66:2

Psalm 40:17 · BSB

But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.

Matthew 5:3 · BSB

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Psalm 34:6 · BSB

This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.

James 2:5 · BSB

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

Luke 4:18 · BSB

“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 proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,

Isaiah 66:2 · BSB

Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Also

Psalm 17:6

Psalm 17:6 · BSB

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Preserve my soul, for I am godly. You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.

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