Psalms 102:17

¹⁵ So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

¹⁶ For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

¹⁸ Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

¹⁹ For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
KJV: He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
WEB: He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
ASV: He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
DARBY: He will regard the prayer of the destitute one, and not despise their prayer.
BLB: He has turned toward the prayer of the destitute, and He will not despise their prayer.

ÅB: Han har vendt seg til de hjelpeløses bønn, og han har ikke foraktet deres bønn.
OTB: Han har hørt de fattiges bønn,
Og har ikke oversett deres bønn.
B1930: Han har vendt sig til de hjelpeløses bønn, og han har ikke foraktet deres bønn.

Nehemiah 1:6
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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Psalms 22:24
For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
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Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
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Psalms 9:18
For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
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Jeremiah 29:11–14
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
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Deuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
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Nehemiah 1:11–2:8
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
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