Psalm 27:7
New International Version
Hear my voice when I call, LORD; be merciful to me and answer me.

New Living Translation
Hear me as I pray, O LORD. Be merciful and answer me!

English Standard Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; be gracious to me and answer me!

Berean Standard Bible
Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

King James Bible
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

New King James Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

New American Standard Bible
Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.

NASB 1995
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.

NASB 1977
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.

Legacy Standard Bible
Hear, O Yahweh, when I call with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me.

Amplified Bible
Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud; Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.

Christian Standard Bible
LORD, hear my voice when I call; be gracious to me and answer me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, hear my voice when I call; be gracious to me and answer me.

American Standard Version
Hear, O Jehovah, when I cry with my voice: Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Hear my voice, LORD JEHOVAH, when I call you; show mercy upon me and answer me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me.

Contemporary English Version
Please listen when I pray! Have pity. Answer my prayer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.

English Revised Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud. Have pity on me, and answer me.

Good News Translation
Hear me, LORD, when I call to you! Be merciful and answer me!

International Standard Version
Hear my voice, LORD, when I cry out! Be gracious to me and answer me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Hear, O LORD, when I call with my voice, And be gracious unto me, and answer me.

Literal Standard Version
Hear, O YHWH, my voice—I call, | And favor me, and answer me.

Majority Standard Bible
Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

New American Bible
Hear my voice, LORD, when I call; have mercy on me and answer me.

NET Bible
Hear me, O LORD, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me!

New Revised Standard Version
Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!

New Heart English Bible
Hear, LORD, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

World English Bible
Hear, Yahweh, when I cry with my voice. Have mercy also on me, and answer me.

Young's Literal Translation
Hear, O Jehovah, my voice -- I call, And favour me, and answer me.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The LORD is My Salvation
6Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD. 7Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me. 8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.…

Cross References
Psalm 4:3
Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.

Psalm 13:3
Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalm 30:10
Hear me, O LORD, and have mercy; O LORD, be my helper."

Psalm 61:1
Hear my cry, O God, attend to my prayer.


Treasury of Scripture

Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also on me, and answer me.

Psalm 4:1
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

Psalm 5:2
Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.

Psalm 130:2-4
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications…

Jump to Previous
Aloud Cry Ears Favour Gracious Hear Merciful Mercy Voice
Jump to Next
Aloud Cry Ears Favour Gracious Hear Merciful Mercy Voice
Psalm 27
1. David sustains his faith by prayer














(7) The change of tone so marked here, from the warlike to the plaintive, leads to the supposition that Psalm 27:7-12 are interpolated from another song of quite another kind in contents, art, and period.

I cry with my voice--i.e., aloud.

Verses 7-14. - The strain now entirely changes. The rhythm alters from a jubilant double beat to a slow and mournful cadence. A cry is raised for mercy and pity - the wrath of God is deprecated - rejection and desertion are contemplated and prayed against (vers. 7-10). The danger from the enemy appears great and formidable (vers. 11, 12). With an effort of faith, the writer just saves himself from despair (ver. 14), and then, in brave words, braces himself up for further endurance. Verse 7. - Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. There is no "when" in the original. The clauses are short, and broken, "Hear, O Lord; with my voice I call; pity me, and answer me."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Hear,
שְׁמַע־ (šə·ma‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

O LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

my voice
קוֹלִ֥י (qō·w·lî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

when I call;
אֶקְרָ֗א (’eq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

be merciful
וְחָנֵּ֥נִי (wə·ḥān·nê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

and answer me.
וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ (wa·‘ă·nê·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond


Links
Psalm 27:7 NIV
Psalm 27:7 NLT
Psalm 27:7 ESV
Psalm 27:7 NASB
Psalm 27:7 KJV

Psalm 27:7 BibleApps.com
Psalm 27:7 Biblia Paralela
Psalm 27:7 Chinese Bible
Psalm 27:7 French Bible
Psalm 27:7 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Psalm 27:7 Hear Yahweh when I cry with my (Psalm Ps Psa.)
Psalm 27:6
Top of Page
Top of Page