Psalm 17:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Hear a just cause, O Lord; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:24

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from guilt.

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

Nehemiah 1:6

let thy ear be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I now pray before thee day and night for the people of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned.

Job 16:17

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Psalm 102:2

Do not hide thy face from me in the day of my distress! Incline thy ear to me; answer me speedily in the day when I call!

Psalm 140:12

I know that the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.

Psalm 142:1

I cry with my voice to the Lord, with my voice I make supplication to the Lord,

Psalm 142:6

Give heed to my cry; for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors; for they are too strong for me!

Psalm 143:1

Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my supplications! In thy faithfulness answer me, in thy righteousness!

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Psalm 18:20

The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

Psalm 18:44

As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me; foreigners came cringing to me.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people; from deceitful and unjust men deliver me!

Psalm 5:2

Hearken to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to thee do I pray.

Psalm 54:4

Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

Psalm 55:18

He will deliver my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me.

Psalm 61:1

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

Psalm 61:2

from the end of the earth I call to thee, when my heart is faint. Lead thou me to the rock that is higher than I;

Psalm 66:19

But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the voice of my prayer.

Psalm 7:8

The Lord judges the peoples; judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and according to the integrity that is in me.

Psalm 84:9

Behold our shield, O God; look upon the face of thine anointed!

Psalm 86:1

Incline thy ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalm 86:6

Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; hearken to my cry of supplication.

Psalm 88:3

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Isaiah 29:13

And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;

Jeremiah 3:10

Yet for all this her false sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the Lord.”

Matthew 15:8

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

John 1:47

Jesus saw Nathana-el coming to him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

1 John 3:21

Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God;