Psalm 17:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

HEAR THE right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I was also blameless before Him and kept myself from guilt and iniquity.

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place.

Nehemiah 1:6

Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to listen to the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You day and night for the Israelites, Your servants, confessing the sins of the Israelites which we have sinned against You. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned.

Job 16:17

Although there is no guilt or violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

Psalm 102:2

Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily.

Psalm 140:12

I know and rest in confidence upon it that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will secure justice for the poor and needy [of His believing children].

Psalm 142:1

I CRY to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord do I make supplication.

Psalm 142:6

Attend to my loud cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I.

Psalm 143:1

HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness.

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners submitted themselves cringingly and yielded feigned obedience to me.

Psalm 43:1

JUDGE and vindicate me, O God; plead and defend my cause against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Psalm 5:2

Hear the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You do I pray.

Psalm 54:4

Behold, God is my helper and ally; the Lord is my upholder and is with them who uphold my life.

Psalm 55:18

He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me.

Psalm 61:1

HEAR MY cry, O God; listen to my prayer.

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth will I cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and fainting; lead me to the rock that is higher than I [yes, a rock that is too high for me].

Psalm 66:19

But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 7:8

The Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord, and do me justice according to my righteousness [my rightness, justice, and right standing with You] and according to the integrity that is in me.

Psalm 84:9

Behold our shield [the king as Your agent], O God, and look upon the face of Your anointed!

Psalm 86:1

INCLINE YOUR ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and distressed, needy and desiring.

Psalm 86:6

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications.

Psalm 88:3

For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead).

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning],

Jeremiah 3:10

But in spite of all this, her faithless and treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me in sincerity and with her whole heart, but only in sheer hypocrisy [has she feigned obedience to King Josiah's reforms], says the Lord. [II Chron. 34:33; Hos. 7:13, 14.]

Matthew 15:8

These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me.

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said concerning him, See! Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor falsehood nor duplicity!

1 John 3:21

And, beloved, if our consciences (our hearts) do not accuse us [if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us], we have confidence (complete assurance and boldness) before God,