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Psalms 5:2

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Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray.
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  1. Psalms 65:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

  2. Psalms 3:4Rank 2 from verse 2
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    4I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

  3. Isaiah 33:22Rank 3 from verse 2
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    22For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us.

  4. Psalms 145:1Rank 4 from verse 2
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    1I WILL extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

  5. Psalms 84:3Rank 5 from verse 2
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    3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

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Psalms 5:2

COMBINED MEANING

hearken

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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.

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COMBINED MEANING

cry

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1. A vocal call, shout, proclamation, alarm, wail, or other utterance, often loud. 2. An earnest appeal, prayer, complaint, or outcry for help, justice, or attention. 3. As a verb, to call out, shout, proclaim, wail, appeal, pray, or complain; figuratively, to bear urgent witness or demand notice.

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COMBINED MEANING

king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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COMBINED MEANING

pray

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Sense 1: To ask, beseech, request, or entreat. Sense 2: To make requests or supplications to God, or address him in worship.

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5:1GIVE ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.

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

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5:3My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

5:4For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.

5:5The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

5:6Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

5:7But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

5:8Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.

5:9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

5:10Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.

5:11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

5:12For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

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