Psalms 141:1
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
- KJV
- LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
- WEB
- LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
- ASV
- Jehovah, I have called upon thee; make haste unto me: Give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
- DARBY
- {A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, I have called upon thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto thee.
- BLB
- A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, I call to You—hurry to me; give ear to my voice in my calling out to You!
- ÅB
- En salme av David. Herre, jeg kaller på deg, skynd deg til meg! Vend øret til min røst, nå jeg roper til deg!
- OTB
- Herre, jeg roper til deg; skynd deg til meg!
Hør min røst når jeg roper til deg! - B1930
- En salme av David. Herre, jeg kaller på dig, skynd dig til mig! Vend øret til min røst, nu jeg roper til dig!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 70:5
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Read in contextPsalms 40:13
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Read in contextPsalms 71:12
O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.
Read in contextPsalms 143:7
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Read in contextPsalms 69:17–18
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Read in contextPsalms 22:19
But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.
Read in contextJob 7:21
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Read in contextPsalms 143:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
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