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Psalm 17:6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 17 · verse 6
I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.Psalm 17:6 · King James Version
Psalm 17:6 in context
4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not.
6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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Key words (Strong's)
- inclinenâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- hearʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- GodʼêlstrengthH410 →
- earʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
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This psalm is a prayer. As there is a time to weep and a time to rejoice, so there is a time for praise and a time for prayer. David was now persecuted, probably by Saul, who hunted him like a partridge on the mountains;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7