Verse List for PSA 55:1

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OET (OET-RV) For the musical director: a song[fn] by David to be accompanied by stringed instruments. ⇔ Listen to my prayer, God, ⇔ and don’t ignore my request.

OET-LV To_choirmaster with_stringed _instruments a _poem of_Dāvid.
[fn] give_ear _to Oh _god prayer _of_my and_do _not hide _yourself from_supplication _of_my.

ULT Listen, to my prayer, God, ⇔  and do not hide yourself from my plea.

UST This is a note for the worship leader: playing stringed instruments should accompany this song. wrote song. ⇔ God, please listen to me as I pray to you. ⇔  Please do not ignore me as I am pleading with you.

BSB & MSB For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Maskil[fn] of David. ⇔ Listen to my prayer, O God, ⇔  and do not ignore my plea.

OEB For the leader. With stringed instruments. A maskil of David. ⇔ Listen, God, to my prayer. ⇔  Don’t hide yourself from my pleading.

WEBBE & WMBB Listen to my prayer, God. ⇔  Don’t hide yourself from my supplication.

NET Listen, O God, to my prayer! ⇔ Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

LSV TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS. AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer,
And do not hide from my supplication.

FBV God, please hear my prayer; don't ignore my cry for help!

T4T God, listen to my prayer, ⇔  and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you.

LEB
• For the music director, with stringed instruments.
• A maskil of David.[fn]
• Give ear, O God, to my prayer,
• and do not hide yourself from my plea.

BBE Give hearing to my prayer, O God; and let not your ear be shut against my request.

Moff Listen to my prayer, O God, ⇔  hide not from my entreaty;

JPS (55-1) For the Leader; with string-music. Maschil of David. (55-2) Give ear, O God, to my prayer; and hide not Thyself from my supplication.

ASV Give ear to my prayer, O God; ⇔ And hide not thyself from my supplication.

DRA Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth.

YLT To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — An instruction, by David. Give ear, O God, [to] my prayer, And hide not from my supplication.

Drby Give ear to my prayer, O [fn]God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

RV Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.
(Give ear to my prayer, Oh God; and hide not thyself/yourself from my supplication.)

SLT To the overseer upon the stringed instrument, instruction to David. Give ear O God, to my prayer; thou wilt not hide thyself from my supplication.

Wbstr To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

KJB-1769 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.[fn][fn]
(Give ear to my prayer, Oh God; and hide not thyself/yourself from my supplication.)

KJB-1611 ¶ Giue eare to my prayer, O God: and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth, a wise instruction of Dauid. O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer: and hide not thy selfe from my petition.
(To the chief musician upon Neginoth, a wise instruction of David. Oh Lord give ear unto my prayer: and hide not thyself/yourself from my petition.)

Gnva To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of David to give instruction. Heare my prayer, O God, and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.
(To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalm of David to give instruction. Hear my prayer, Oh God, and hide not thyself/yourself from my supplication.)

Cvdl Heare my prayer (o God) and hyde not thy self fro my peticion. Take hede vnto me and heare me, how piteously I mourne & coplayne.
(Hear my prayer (o God) and hide not thy/your self from my petition. Take heed unto me and hear me, how piteously I mourn and complain.)

Wycl The title of the fyue and fiftithe salm. `In Ebreu thus, To the ouercomyng on the doumb culuer of fer drawing awei, the comely song of Dauid, whanne Filisteis helden hym in Geth. `In Jeroms translacioun thus, To the ouercomer for the doumb culuer, for it yede awei fer. Dauid meke and symple made this salm, whanne Palesteyns helden hym in Geth.
(The title of the five and fiftieth psalm. In Hebrew thus, To the overcoming on the dumb culver/pigeon of far drawing away, the comely song of David, when Philistines holding him in Geth. In Yeroms translation thus, To the overcomer for the dumb culver/pigeon, for it went away far. David meek and simple made this salm, when Palesteyns holding him in Geth.)

Luth Eine Unterweisung Davids, vorzusingen auf Saitenspielen.
(A/One instruction/guidance David’s, to_sing_to on/in/to playing_strings.)

ClVg In finem, pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth.[fn]
(In the_end, for to_the_people who/which from to_the_saints far_away became it_is. David in/into/on titles inscription, when/with they_held him Allophyli in/into/on Geth.)

UHB 2 הַאֲזִ֣ינָ⁠ה אֱ֭לֹהִים תְּפִלָּתִ֑⁠י וְ⁠אַל־תִּ֝תְעַלַּ֗ם מִ⁠תְּחִנָּתִֽ⁠י׃ ‡

BrLXX Εἰς τὸ τέλος, ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων μεμακρυμμένου, τῷ Δαυὶδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν, ὁπότε ἐκράτησαν αὐτὸν οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐν Γέθ.

BrTr For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the [fn]sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth.