Psalm 17:1

Good News Translation

Listen, O Lord, to my plea for justice; pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to my honest prayer.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

He knows that I am faultless, that I have kept myself from doing wrong.

2 Chronicles 7:15

I will watch over this Temple and be ready to hear all the prayers that are offered here,

Nehemiah 1:6

Look at me, Lord, and hear my prayer, as I pray day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess that we, the people of Israel, have sinned. My ancestors and I have sinned.

Job 16:17

but I am not guilty of any violence, and my prayer to God is sincere.

Psalm 102:2

When I am in trouble, don't turn away from me! Listen to me, and answer me quickly when I call!

Psalm 140:12

Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor and the rights of the needy.

Psalm 142:1

I call to the Lord for help; I plead with him.

Psalm 142:6

Listen to my cry for help, for I am sunk in despair. Save me from my enemies; they are too strong for me.

Psalm 143:1

Lord, hear my prayer! In your righteousness listen to my plea; answer me in your faithfulness!

Psalm 145:18

He is near to those who call to him, who call to him with sincerity.

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewards me because I do what is right; he blesses me because I am innocent.

Psalm 18:44

Foreigners bow before me; when they hear me, they obey.

Psalm 43:1

O God, declare me innocent, and defend my cause against the ungodly; deliver me from lying and evil people!

Psalm 5:2

Listen to my cry for help, my God and king! I pray to you, O Lord;

Psalm 54:4

But God is my helper. The Lord is my defender.

Psalm 55:18

He will bring me safely back from the battles that I fight against so many enemies.

Psalm 61:1

Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer!

Psalm 61:2

In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to a safe refuge,

Psalm 66:19

But God has indeed heard me; he has listened to my prayer.

Psalm 7:8

You are the judge of all people. Judge in my favor, O Lord; you know that I am innocent.

Psalm 84:9

Bless our king, O God, the king you have chosen.

Psalm 86:1

Listen to me, Lord, and answer me, for I am helpless and weak.

Psalm 86:6

Listen, Lord, to my prayer; hear my cries for help.

Psalm 88:3

So many troubles have fallen on me that I am close to death.

Isaiah 29:13

The Lord said, “These people claim to worship me, but their words are meaningless, and their hearts are somewhere else. Their religion is nothing but human rules and traditions, which they have simply memorized.

Jeremiah 3:10

And after all this, Judah, Israel's unfaithful sister, only pretended to return to me; she was not sincere. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Matthew 15:8

‘These people, says God, honor me with their words, but their heart is really far away from me.

John 1:47

When Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, he said about him, “Here is a real Israelite; there is nothing false in him!”

1 John 3:21

And so, my dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have courage in God's presence.