Psalms 17:6

“I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, my speech.”

"I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, my speech." - Psalms 17:6
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What does Psalms 17:6 mean?

In the King James Version, Psalms 17:6 reads: "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech." This verse is a powerful affirmation of the psalmist's faith in God's ability to hear and answer his prayers. It expresses a deep…

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The Cry of the Faithful: Trusting in God's Listening Ear

**Introduction** The book of Psalms is a testament to the journey of the believer—a journey marked by joys, sorrows, triumphs, and trials. Among these sacred songs, Psalm 17:6 resonates with a profound plea: "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine…

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A Prayer of Trust and Assurance in Divine Listening

O Sovereign Lord, I come before You today, my heart filled with hope and confidence, guided by the profound words of Psalm 17:6: "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech." In the stillness of the morning and the quiet…

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Psalms 17:6 - "I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech."
"I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech." - Psalms 17:6
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Psalms 17:5 - "Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not."
Psalms 136:17 - "To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:"
Psalms 115:6 - "They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:"
Psalms 30:6 - "And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved."
Psalms 17:2 - "Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal."
Psalms 129:6 - "Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:"
Psalms 144:6 - "Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them."
Psalms 74:6 - "But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers."
"For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous." - Psalms 37:17
Psalms 6:6
Psalms 80:6 - "Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves."
Psalms 114:6 - "Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?"
"They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless." - Psalms 94:6
"The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence." - Psalms 115:17
"The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram." - Psalms 106:17
Psalms 130:6 - "My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning."
Psalms 118:6 - "The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?"
"In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." - Psalms 90:6
Psalms 19:6 - "His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
"And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness." - Psalms 78:17
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." - Psalms 122:6
"Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps." - Psalms 88:6
Psalms 126:6
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"The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works." - Psalms 145:17
"I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD." - Psalms 116:17