But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
Parallel Translations
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But most certainly, God has listened. He has heard the voice of my prayer.
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But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
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But verily God hath heard; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
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Passages linked to Psalms 66:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 116:1-2 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
- Lamentations 3:55-56 I called on your name, Yahweh, out of the lowest dungeon. You heard my voice: “Don’t hide your ear from my sighing, and my cry.”
- Hebrews 5:7 He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
- Psalms 6:9 Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.
- Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- 1 John 3:20-22 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. Beloved, if our hearts don’t condemn us, we have boldness toward God; so whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing in his sight.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 66:19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he…
Psa 66:19 [But] verily God hath heard [me]; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Ver. 19. But verily God hath heard me] As I well perceive by his answer, full and enlarged, as the cloud that riseth out of the earth in thin and insensible vapours, falleth down in great and abundant showers.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which is a public vindication and a Divine testimony…
Which is a public vindication and a Divine testimony of my integrity against all my false accusers.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But verily God hath heard me,.... So that it…
But verily God hath heard me,.... So that it was a plain case that he had not regarded iniquity in his heart; had not lived a vicious course of life, nor was an hypocrite; otherwise God would not have heard his prayer; whereas he had, and which is confirmed in the following clause;
he hath attended to the voice of my prayer; which is an instance of the grace and condescension of God, and showed in what high favour the psalmist was with the Lord, and what regard he had unto him; and therefore could not be the man his enemies represented him to be.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 19. Verily God hath heard me] A sure…
Verse 19. Verily God hath heard me] A sure proof that my prayer was upright, and my heart honest, before him.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 66:19-20. But verily God hath heard me —…
Psa 66:19-20. But verily God hath heard me — And thereby hath borne his testimony to my integrity for my own comfort, and the vindication of my character against all my false accusers. Blessed be God, who hath not turned away my prayer — Or, rejected, or removed it from his sight and audience; but hath graciously received and granted it, which I ascribe to his infinite goodness, and not to the merit of my own righteousness; nor his mercy from me — To which, and not to any worthiness of my own, I owe my acceptance with him, and the answer of my prayers.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain But verily God hath heard me ... - That…
But verily God hath heard me ... - That is, He has given me evidence that he has heard my prayer; and, in doing this, he has thus given me the assurance also that I do not regard iniquity in my heart. The evidence that he has heard me is at the same time proof to my mind that I do not love sin. As it is a settled and universal principle that God does not hear prayer when there is in the heart a cherished love and purpose of iniquity, so it follows that, if there is evidence that he has heard our prayers, it is proof that he has seen that our hearts are sincere, and that we truly desire to forsake all forms of sin.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain But verily God hath heard me. The psalmist"s prayer…
But verily God hath heard me. The psalmist"s prayer had been answered so unmistakably, so directly, that he could not doubt of the result, which had been brought about, being the consequence of his vows and supplications (vers. 13, 14). He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. Strange as it might seem to be that God had attended to the voice of a man, (Job_7:17 Psa_8:4 Psa_144:3 Jam_5:14-18) yet so it was; the psalmist did not and could not doubt it.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 19. But verily God hath heard me. Sure…
Ver. 19. But verily God hath heard me. Sure sign this that the petitioner was no secret lover of sin. The answer to his prayer was a fresh assurance that his heart was sincere before the Lord. See how sure the psalmist is that he has been heard; it is with him no hope, surmise, or fancy, but he seals it with a verily. Facts are blessed things when they reveal both God's heart as loving, and our own heart as sincere.
He hath attended to the voice of my prayer. He gave his mind to consider my cries, interpreted them, accepted them, and replied to them; and therein proved his grace and also my uprightness of heart. Love of sin is a plague spot, a condemning mark, a killing sign, but those prayers, which evidently live and prevail with God, most clearly arise from a heart which is free from dalliance with evil. Let the reader see to it, that his inmost soul be rid of all alliance with iniquity, all toleration of secret lust, or hidden wrong.
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Ver. 19. The fact that God has heard prayer.
Psalms 66:20*
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 But God has truly heard; he has paid attention
But God has truly heard; he has paid attention
These two clauses have similar meanings and are used together to emphasize that God has heard his prayer. AT: "But God has truly heard my prayer" (See: Parallelism)
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the voice of my prayer
Here the author's prayer is given the personal quality of having a voice. AT: "my prayer" (See: Personification)
who has not turned away my prayer
Here "turned away' represents ignoring his prayer. AT: "who has not ignored my prayer"
or his covenant faithfulness from me
The phrase "has not turned away" is understood from the previous phrase and can be repeated here. The idea of "his covenant faithfulness" can be translated with the phrase "being faithful to his covenant." AT: "and has not turned away his covenant faithfulness from me" or "and has not stopped being faithful to his covenant with me" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information and Abstract Nouns)
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pray
bless
turn
covenant faithfulness
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