Psalm 86:1

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Summary

Psalm 86:1

{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.

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Psalm 31:2

Isaiah 37:17

Daniel 9:18

For i am

Bible References

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Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be my strong rock, for a house of defense to save me.

Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

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 we do not present our supplications before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies.

For i am

You have seen it: for you behold mischief and spite, to repay it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks upon me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper.

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.

I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.

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

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him?