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Psalms 102:1

PrayerDiscouragement and depression
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

3 For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

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BSB
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
WEB
Hear my prayer, LORD! Let my cry come to you.
ASV
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
DARBY
{A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before Jehovah.} Jehovah, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee.
BLB
A Prayer of one afflicted, when he grows weak and pours out his complaint before YHWH. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, may You hear my prayer and may my cry come to You!
ÅB
Herre, hør min bønn og la mitt rop komme til deg!
OTB
Hør min bønn, Herre!
Og la mitt rop om hjelp komme til deg.
B1930
Herre, hør min bønn og la mitt rop komme til dig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 18:6

    In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

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  • Psalms 130:1–2

    Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

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  • Exodus 2:23

    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

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  • Psalms 61:2

    From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

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  • Psalms 142:2–3

    I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.

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  • Psalms 39:12

    Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.

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  • Luke 22:44

    And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.

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  • Hebrews 5:7

    During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

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