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Psalms 86:1
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Psalms 86:1
1BOW down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
1¶ Bow downe thine eare, O LORD, heare me: for I am poore & needy.
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DEFINED WORDS
Psalms 86:1
An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organ of hearing; also, the seed-bearing head of grain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
To perceive by the ear; to listen, attend, understand, or obey, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Lacking material means; needy, afflicted, lowly, or humble, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Necessitous; indigent; very poor; distressed by want of the means of living.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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Open the full verse study2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
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Open the full verse study18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
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Open the full verse study17But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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Open the full verse study3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Open the full verse study6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
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Open the full verse study9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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Open the full verse study5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
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Open the full verse study18The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
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Open the full verse study2For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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Open the full verse study17Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
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Open the full verse study17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
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Open the full verse study22Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
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Open the full verse study1I CRIED unto the Lord with my voice; with my voice unto the Lord did I make my supplication.
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Open the full verse study6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
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Open the full verse study14Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
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Open the full verse study1HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
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Open the full verse study12I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
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Open the full verse study12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
14He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
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