Psalm 10:17

A Prayer For God To Throw Down The Wicked

¹⁶ Yahweh [is] king forever and ever; the nations have perished from his land. ¹⁷ [The] longing of [the] afflicted you have heard, O Yahweh. You will make their heart secure. You will {listen attentively} ¹⁸ to render judgment [for the] fatherless and [the] oppressed [so that] a [mere] mortal from the earth will no longer cause terror.

Incline Your Ear

Jehovah

1 Chronicles 29:18

O Yahweh, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our ancestors, keep this forever as a plan [and] thoughts of the heart of your people, and establish their heart toward you.

Psalm 9:18

for [the] needy shall not always be forgotten; the hope of the poor shall never perish.

2 Chronicles 30:12

The hand of God was also upon Judah, to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and the princes concerning the word of Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

And when he was in distress he entreated Yahweh his God and greatly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors

2 Chronicles 34:27

because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants and you humbled yourself before me and tore your garments and wept before me, now I also have heard,' {declares} Yahweh.

Psalm 9:12

for he [who] {avenges bloodshed} remembers them. He does not forget the distressed cry of [the] afflicted.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of Yahweh [are] toward [the] righteous, and his ears toward their cry for help.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry for help, and saves them.

Proverbs 16:1

To mortals [belong] the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh [comes] the answer of the tongue.

Isaiah 65:24

And this will happen: before they call, I myself will answer; [while] still they [are] speaking, I myself will hear.

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 18:13-14

But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'

Romans 8:26

And likewise also, the Spirit helps [us] in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as one ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes [for us] [with] unexpressed groanings.

Ephesians 2:18

because through him [we] both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Ephesians 3:12

in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through faith in him.

James 1:16-17

Do not be deceived, my dear brothers.

James 4:6

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

James 4:10

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

1 Peter 3:12

For the eyes of the Lord [are] on the righteous, and his ears [are open to] their prayer. But the face of the Lord [is] against those who do evil.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, younger men, be subject to the elders, and all [of you] clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

2 Chronicles 29:36

And Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had established with the people, for the matter happened suddenly.

Psalm 37:4

Take pleasure in Yahweh as well, and he will give to you the requests of your heart.

Psalm 102:17

He will turn his attention to the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 112:7-8

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [is] steadfast, secure in Yahweh.

Proverbs 10:24

The dread of the wicked will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

Acts 4:24-31

And [when they] heard [it], they lifted [their] voices with one mind to God and said, "Master, you [are] the one who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them,

Acts 12:5-19

Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.