Psalms 55:17
15 Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
16 But I call to God, and the LORD saves me.
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
18 He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.
19 God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
- KJV
- Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
- WEB
- Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
- ASV
- Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
- DARBY
- Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice.
- BLB
- Evening and morning and noon I meditate and cry aloud, and He hears my voice.
- ÅB
- Kveld og morgen og middag vil jeg klage og sukke, så hører han min røst.
- OTB
- Kveld og morgen og ved middag, vil jeg klage og sukke,
Og Han vil høre min røst. - B1930
- Aften og morgen og middag vil jeg klage og sukke, så hører han min røst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
Read in contextPsalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Read in contextHebrews 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.
Read in contextActs 3:1
One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
Read in contextPsalms 119:147–148
I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Read in contextActs 10:9
The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Read in contextDaniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
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