KJV King James Version
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.
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Psalm 116:1
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
WEB World English Bible
I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
ASV American Standard Version
I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have loved, because Jehovah heareth My voice, my supplication,
Surrounding context — Psalm 116
1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
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1 John 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.Psalm 66:19-20[But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.1 John 5:2-3By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.John 16:24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.Psalm 34:3-4O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.Psalm 69:33For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.Psalm 40:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:Psalm 119:132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.Psalm 31:22-23For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.Psalm 18:1-6To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said, I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.1 Samuel 1:26And she said, Oh my lord, [as] thy soul liveth, my lord, I [am] the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.
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