Psalms 17:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

Psalms 17:6 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms 86:7
In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.
Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms 66:19-20
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. …
Psalms 55:16
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

This psalm is a prayer. As there is a time to weep and a time to rejoice, so there is a time for praise and a time for prayer. David was now persecuted, probably by Saul, who hunted him like a partridge on the mountains; without were fightings, within were fears, and both urged him as a suppliant to the throne of mercy. He addresses himself to God in these verses both by way of appeal (Hear the ri…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. wilt hear me--that is, graciously (Psa 3:4).