Psalm 86:1

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 10:14

But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy.

Psalm 102:1

Listen to my prayer, O Lord, and hear my cry for help!

Psalm 102:17

He will hear his forsaken people and listen to their prayer.

Psalm 119:22

Free me from their insults and scorn, because I have kept your laws.

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 17:6

I pray to you, O God, because you answer me; so turn to me and listen to my words.

Psalm 25:16

Turn to me, Lord, and be merciful to me, because I am lonely and weak.

Psalm 31:2

Hear me! Save me now! Be my refuge to protect me; my defense to save me.

Psalm 34:6

The helpless call to him, and he answers; he saves them from all their troubles.

Psalm 40:17

I am weak and poor, O Lord, but you have not forgotten me. You are my savior and my God— hurry to my aid!

Isaiah 37:17

Now, Lord, hear us and look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God.

Isaiah 66:2

I myself created the whole universe! I am pleased with those who are humble and repentant, who fear me and obey me.

Daniel 9:18

Listen to us, O God; look at us and see the trouble we are in and the suffering of the city that bears your name. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done right.

Matthew 5:3

“Happy are those who know they are spiritually poor; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has chosen me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed

James 2:5

Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.