English Standard Version
Psalms 6:9
9The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.
Psalms 6:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord will answer my prayer.
Context of Psalms 6:9
7My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. 8Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping. The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer. 10All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:9 word by word
שָׁמַ֣ע יְ֭הוָה תְּחִנָּתִ֑י יְ֝הוָ֗ה תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י יִקָּֽח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 6:9
- Psalms 3:4I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
- Psalms 31:22I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your sight." But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 66:19But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
- Psalms 118:5Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free.
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
- Psalms 138:3On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
- Jonah 2:2saying, "I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
- 2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The Lord hath heard my supplication - Repeating the sentiment in the previous verse, to express his assurance and his joy. Nothing is more natural in such circumstances than to dwell on the joyous thought, and to repeat it to ourselves, that it may make its full impression. The Lord will receive my prayer - As he has done it, so he will still do it. This allays all fears of the future, and makes the mind calm. The state of mind here is this: “The Lord has…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-10Verses 8-10 What a sudden change is here! Having made his request known to God, the psalmist is confident that his sorrow will be turned into joy. By the workings of God's grace upon his heart, he knew his prayer was accepted, and did not doubt but it would, in due time, be answered. His prayers will be accepted, coming up out of the hands of Christ the Mediator. The word signifies prayer made to God, the righteous Judge, as the God of his righteousness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10In a closing note of triumph, the psalmist reasserts his confidence in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Assured of God's hearing, he suddenly defies his enemies by an address indicating that he no longer fears them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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