KJV King James Version
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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Psalm 102:17
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
WEB World English Bible
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
ASV American Standard Version
He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
Surrounding context — Psalm 102
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
18 This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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Nehemiah 1:6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.Psalm 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.Psalm 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and [him] that hath no helper.Jeremiah 29:11-14For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.Psalm 9:18For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.Deuteronomy 4:29But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.Daniel 9:3-21And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.Psalm 69:23Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake.
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