Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
A Davidic prayer.
for I am poor and needy.
New American Standard Bible
A Prayer of David.
For I am
King James Version
{A Prayer of David.} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
International Standard Version
LORD, listen and answer me, for I am afflicted and needy.
A Conservative Version
Bow down thine ear, O 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.
Amplified
For I am distressed and needy [I long for Your help].
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.
Darby Translation
{A Prayer of David.} Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.
Julia Smith Translation
A prayer to David. Incline, O Jehovah, thine ear: answer me, for I am poor and needy.
King James 2000
[A Prayer of David.] Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Incline, O Yahweh, your ear [and] answer me, because I [am] poor and needy.
Modern King James verseion
A Prayer of David. Bow down Your ear, O Jehovah, hear me; for I am poor and needy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{A Prayer of David} Bow down thine ear, O LORD, and hear me; for I am comfortless and poor.
NET Bible
A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.
New Heart English Bible
Hear, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
The Emphasized Bible
Bow down, O Yahweh, thine ear - answer me, For, oppressed and needy, am I;
Webster
A Prayer of David. Bow down thy ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
World English Bible
Hear, Yahweh, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Youngs Literal Translation
A Prayer of David. Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 86:1
Prayers for Psalm 86:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament And Petition
1 A Davidic prayer.
for I am poor and needy.
You are my God; save Your servant who trusts in You.
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 31:2
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.
Psalm 40:17
the Lord thinks of me.
You are my helper and my deliverer;
my God, do not delay.
Psalm 10:14
observing it in order to take the matter into Your hands.
The helpless entrusts himself to You;
You are a helper of the fatherless.
Psalm 17:6
because You will answer me;
listen closely to me; hear what I say.
Psalm 34:6
and saved him from all his troubles.
Psalm 72:12-14
and the afflicted who have no helper.
Psalm 102:1
A prayer of an afflicted person who is weak and pours out his lament before the Lord.
let my cry for help come before You.
Psalm 102:17
and will not despise their prayer.
Psalm 119:22
for I have kept Your decrees.
Psalm 140:12
the just cause of the poor,
justice for the needy.
Psalm 142:1
A Davidic Maskil. When he was in the cave.
I plead aloud to the Lord for mercy.
Isaiah 37:17
Listen closely, Lord, and hear;
Isaiah 66:2
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble,
and trembles at My word.
Daniel 9:18
Listen,
Matthew 5:3
Luke 4:18
James 1:9-10
The brother of humble circumstances should boast in his exaltation,
James 2:5
Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world