New King James Version
Psalms 6:9
9The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts 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 old because of all my enemies. 8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. 10Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled; Let them turn back and be ashamed suddenly.
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 to the Lord with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah
- Psalms 31:22For I said in my haste, “I am cut off from before Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried out to You.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; And He inclined to me, And heard my cry.
- Psalms 66:19But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
- Psalms 118:5I called on the Lord in distress; The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the Lord, And He heard me.
- Psalms 138:3In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul.
- Jonah 2:2And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, And He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
- 2 Corinthians 12:8Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
- 2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
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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