Psalm 55:1
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
תְּפִלָּה
tᵉphillâh
intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
תְּחִנָּה
tᵉchinnâh
graciousness; causatively, entreaty
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.
Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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