'Prayer' in the Bible
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!
The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy; the Lord has accepted my prayer.
Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer.
A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.
A prayer of David. Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!
For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.
By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God.
If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god,
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!
For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?
For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!
For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!
For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!
God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me!
O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!
In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)
A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.
O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.
A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations!
The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!
when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request.
When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful.
May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy.
A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me!
I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.