He removeth the earth out of her place, that her pillars shake withal.

He is higher than heaven; what wilt thou do? Deeper than hell; how wilt thou then know him?

Therefore hear my words, and ponder the sentence of my lips.

Hear my words, and ponder my sayings with your ears.

"I will tell thee; hear me. I will show thee a thing, that I know;

"For the same cause do my thoughts compel me to answer. And why? My mind is tossed here and there.

"O hear my words, and amend yourselves.

Now because that God is higher than the heavens, and because thou seest the stars are so high,

Then shalt thou make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt keep thy promises.

Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity?

She cannot be gotten for the most fine gold, neither may the price of her be bought with any money.

No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onyx stones, no Sapphire may be compared unto her.

There is nothing so worthy, or so excellent, as once to be named unto her: for perfect wisdom goeth far beyond them all.

The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

Destruction and death say, 'We have heard tell of her with our ears.'

But God seeth her way, and knoweth her place.

Then did he see her, then declared he her, prepared her and knew her.

When I cry unto thee, thou doest not hear me: and though I stand before thee, yet thou regardest me not.

O then let my wife be another man's harlot and let others lie with her.

O that I had one which would hear me. Lo, this is my cause: Let the almighty give me answer, and let him that is my contrary party, sue me with libel.

Therefore hear my words, O Job, and hearken unto all that I will say:

Mark well, O Job, and hear me: hold thee still until I have spoken.

If thou hast nothing, then hear me, and hold thy tongue, so shall I teach thee wisdom."

"Hear my words, O ye wise men: hearken unto me, ye that have understanding.

"If thou now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words.

Look unto the heaven, and behold it: consider the clouds, how they are higher than thou.

But if a man call upon God, doth not he hear him? Doth not the Almighty accept his cry?

Hear then the sound of his voice, and the noise that goeth out of his mouth.

A roaring voice followeth him: for his glorious majesty giveth such a thunder clap, that, though a man hear it, yet may he not perceive it afterward. It giveth a horrible sound,

It is not we that can find out the Almighty: for in power, equity, and righteousness, he is higher than can be expressed.

saying, 'Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shalt thou lay down thy proud and high waves.'

Canst thou thunder also that they may go their way, and be obedient unto thee, saying, 'Lo here are we'?

For she leaveth her eggs upon the ground, and heateth them in the dust.

So hard is she to her young ones, as though they were not hers, and laboureth in vain without any fear.

And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding.

When her time is, she flyeth up on high, and careth neither for horse nor man.

{To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.

Know this also, that the LORD hath chosen to himself the man that is godly; when I call upon the LORD, he will hear me.

My voice shalt thou hear betimes, O LORD. Early in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

Consider, and hear me, O LORD my God. Lighten mine eyes, that I sleep not in death,

{A Prayer of David} Hear the right, O LORD; consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

I have called upon thee, O God, for thou shalt hear me; incline thine ear to me, and hearken unto my words.

In my trouble I will call upon the LORD, and complain unto my God. So he shall hear my voice out of his holy temple, and my complaint shall come before him: it shall enter even into his ears. {TYNDALE: In my tribulation I called to the LORD, and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.}

They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: Yea, even unto the LORD shall they cry, but he shall hear them not. {TYNDALE: They looked for help, but none came to save them: unto the LORD they cried, but he heard them not.}

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me, but the strange children dissemble with me. {TYNDALE: And the aliens crouched unto me, and obeyed me at a word.}

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

Now know I that the LORD helpeth his anointed, and will hear him from his holy heaven, even with the wholesome strength of his righthand.

Save, LORD, and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee.

O go not far from me then, for trouble is hard at hand, and here is none to help me.

Save me from the lion's mouth, and hear me from among the horns of the unicorns.

Hearken unto my voice, O LORD, when I cry unto thee: have mercy upon me, and hear me.

Hear the voice of my humble petitions, when I cry unto thee, when I hold up my hands towards the mercy seat of thy holy temple.

Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me. LORD, be thou my helper.

My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

For in thee, O LORD, is my trust; thou shalt hear me, O LORD my God.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and with thine ears consider my calling; hold not thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

The king's daughter is all glorious within, her clothing is of wrought gold.

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework; the virgins that be her fellows shall bear her company, and shall be brought unto thee.

God is in the midst of her, therefore shall she not be removed; for God helpeth her, and that right early.

The princes of the people are gathered together unto the God of Abraham; for God is far higher exalted, than the mighty lords of the earth.

God is well known in her palaces, that he is the defense of the same.

Fear came there upon them, and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail.

Walk about Zion, go round about her, and tell the towers thereof.

Mark well her bulwarks, set up her houses, that it may be told them that come after.

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah} O Hear this, all ye people: ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world,

"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.

And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

Oh let me hear of joy and gladness, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Hear my prayer, O God, and hearken unto the words of my mouth

{To the Chanter, in Neginoth, an instruction of David} Hear my prayer, O God, and hide not thyself from my petition.

Take heed unto me, and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain.

Wickedness is therein; deceit and guile go not out of her streets.

In the evening, and morning, and at noon day will I mourn and complain: and he shall hear my voice.

Yea, even God, that endureth forever, shall hear me, and bring them down; Selah. For they will not turn, nor fear God.

They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,

that she should not hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.

Let them run here and there for meat, and grudge when they have not enough.

That thy beloved might be delivered, help them with thy righthand, and hear me.

{To the Chanter, upon Neginoth, of David} Hear my crying, O God, give heed unto my prayer.

From the ends of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is in heaviness. O set me up upon the rock that is higher than I;

{To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; preserve my life from fear of the enemy.

Thou waterest her furrows, thou breakest the hard clots thereof, thou makest it soft with the drops of rain, and blessest the increase of it.

If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me.

Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing.

Though ye have lain among the sheep-folds, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold.

The princes shall come out of Egypt; the Ethiopians land shall stretch out her hands unto God.

But, LORD, I make my prayer unto thee in an acceptable time. Hear me, O God, in the multitude of thy mercy, even in the truth of thy salvation.

Let not the water-flood drown me, neither let the deep swallow me up; and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

Hear me, O LORD, for thy loving-kindness is comfortable: turn thee unto me according to the multitude of thy mercies.

Hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in trouble; O haste thee, and hear me.

Here end the prayers of David, the son of Jesse.

The earth is weak, and all that is therein; but I bear up her pillars. Selah.

{An Instruction of Asaph} Hear my law, O my people; incline your ears unto the words of my mouth.

{To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto the river.

Why hast thou then broken down her hedge, that all they which go by, pluck off her grapes?

Hear, O my people; for I assure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me.

But my people would not hear my voice; and Israel would not obey me.

For the sparrow hath found her a house, and the swallow a nest, where she may lay her young; even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

O LORD God of Hosts, hear my prayer; hearken, O God of Jacob.