KJV King James Version
Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 27:7
Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
WEB World English Bible
Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.
ASV American Standard Version
Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Hear, O Jehovah, my voice—I call, And favour me, and answer me.
Surrounding context — Psalm 27
4 One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, [when] I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 [When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
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Cross-references
Psalm 130:2-4Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.Psalm 5:2Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.Psalm 13:3Consider [and] hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;Psalm 4:1To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me [when I was] in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.Psalm 143:1-2A Psalm of David. Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
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