KJV King James Version
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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Psalm 55:17
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
WEB World English Bible
Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
ASV American Standard Version
Evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I complain, and moan; And he will hear my voice.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Evening, and morning, and noon, I meditate, and make a noise, and He heareth my voice,
Surrounding context — Psalm 55
14 We took sweet counsel together, [and] walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them, [and] let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness [is] in their dwellings, [and] among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant.
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Ephesians 6:18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;1 Thessalonians 5:17Pray without ceasing.Psalm 141:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee [as] incense; [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.Acts 3:1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.Psalm 119:147-148I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.Mark 1:35And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.Acts 10:9On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:Psalm 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.Psalm 92:2To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,Acts 10:30And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,Psalm 88:13But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.Acts 10:3He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.Psalm 5:2-3Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.Mark 6:46And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.Luke 18:1-7And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Daniel 6:13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
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