Psalm 17:1

New Living Translation

O Lord, hear my plea for justice. Listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from honest lips.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I am blameless before God; I have kept myself from sin.

2 Chronicles 7:15

My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

Nehemiah 1:6

listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!

Job 16:17

Yet I have done no wrong, and my prayer is pure.

Psalm 102:2

Don’t turn away from me in my time of distress. Bend down to listen, and answer me quickly when I call to you.

Psalm 140:12

But I know the Lord will help those they persecute; he will give justice to the poor.

Psalm 142:1

I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy.

Psalm 142:6

Hear my cry, for I am very low. Rescue me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.

Psalm 143:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my plea! Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is close to all who call on him, yes, to all who call on him in truth.

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me for doing right; he restored me because of my innocence.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they hear of me, they submit; foreign nations cringe before me.

Psalm 43:1

Declare me innocent, O God! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars.

Psalm 5:2

Listen to my cry for help, my King and my God, for I pray to no one but you.

Psalm 54:4

But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive!

Psalm 55:18

He ransoms me and keeps me safe from the battle waged against me, though many still oppose me.

Psalm 61:1

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

Psalm 61:2

From the ends of the earth, I cry to you for help when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the towering rock of safety,

Psalm 66:19

But God did listen! He paid attention to my prayer.

Psalm 7:8

The Lord judges the nations. Declare me righteous, O Lord, for I am innocent, O Most High!

Psalm 84:9

O God, look with favor upon the king, our shield! Show favor to the one you have anointed.

Psalm 86:1

Bend down, O Lord, and hear my prayer; answer me, for I need your help.

Psalm 86:6

Listen closely to my prayer, O Lord; hear my urgent cry.

Psalm 88:3

For my life is full of troubles, and death draws near.

Isaiah 29:13

And so the Lord says, “These people say they are mine. They honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. And their worship of me is nothing but man-made rules learned by rote.

Jeremiah 3:10

But despite all this, her faithless sister Judah has never sincerely returned to me. She has only pretended to be sorry. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Matthew 15:8

‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.

John 1:47

As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity.”

1 John 3:21

Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence.