Psalm 5:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
I
2 Give ear to my words, O Lord;
understand my sighing.(A)
3 Attend to the sound of my cry,
my king and my God!
For to you I will pray, Lord;
Psalm 55:2-3
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
I
2 Listen, God, to my prayer;(A)
do not hide from my pleading;
3 hear me and give answer.
I rock with grief; I groan
Psalm 86:6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 Lord, hear my prayer;
listen to my cry for help.(A)
Lamentations 3:55-56
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55 I have called upon your name, O Lord,(A)
from the bottom of the pit;
56 You heard me call, “Do not let your ear be deaf
to my cry for help.”
Jonah 2:3
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3 [a]Out of my distress I called to the Lord,
and he answered me;
From the womb of Sheol[b] I cried for help,
and you heard my voice.(A)
Footnotes
- 2:3–10 These verses, which may have originally been an independent composition, are a typical example of a song of thanksgiving, a common psalm genre (e.g., Ps 116; Is 38:9–20). Such a song is relevant here, since Jonah has not drowned, and the imagery of vv. 4, 6 is appropriate.
- 2:3 Sheol: cf. note on Ps 6:6.
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