Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Holman Bible
Listen, Lord, to my cry for help.
International Standard Version
So I say to the LORD, "You are my God; listen to my voice as I plead for mercy, LORD.
A Conservative Version
I said to LORD, Thou are my God. Give ear to the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
American Standard Version
I said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: Give ear unto the voice of my supplications, O Jehovah.
Amplified
I said to the Lord, “You are my God;
Listen to the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
Darby Translation
I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.
Julia Smith Translation
I said to Jehovah, Thou my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplication.
King James 2000
I said unto the LORD, you are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I say to Yahweh, "You [are] my God." Listen, O Yahweh, to the voice of my supplications.
Modern King James verseion
I said to Jehovah, You are my God; O Jehovah, hear the voice of my prayers.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But my saying is unto the LORD, "Thou art my God; hear the voice of my prayer, O LORD!"
NET Bible
I say to the Lord, "You are my God." O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy!
New Heart English Bible
I said to the LORD, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
I have said unto Yahweh, My GOD, thou art! Give ear, O Yahweh, unto the voice of my supplications.
Webster
I said to the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
World English Bible
I said to Yahweh, "You are my God." Listen to the cry of my petitions, Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
I have said to Jehovah, 'My God art Thou, Hear, Jehovah, the voice of my supplications.'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 140:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Rescue
5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.) 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer. 7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 16:2
O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you.
Psalm 31:14
But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
Psalm 142:5
I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.
Psalm 16:5-6
The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalm 27:7-8
O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.
Psalm 28:1-2
My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.
Psalm 55:1-2
Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.
Psalm 64:1
O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.
Psalm 91:2
Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.
Psalm 116:1
I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.
Psalm 119:57
The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
Psalm 143:1
Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;
Lamentations 3:24
I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will make the third part go through the fire, cleaning them as silver is made clean, and testing them as gold is tested: and they will make their prayer to me and I will give them an answer: I will say, It is my people; and they will say, The Lord is my God.