Psalms 66:19

But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
verily	אָ֭כֵן 'A.khen	H403	firmly · interjection
God	אֱלֹהִ֑ים 'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · noun, common masculine plural absolute
heard	שָׁמַ֣ע sha.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
attended	הִ֝קְשִׁ֗יב hik.Shiv	H7181	to prick up the ears · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
voice	בְּק֣וֹל be.Kol	H6963	a voice or sound · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
prayer	תְּפִלָּתִֽי te.fi.la.Ti	H8605	intercession · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 116:1-2 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
Lamentations 3:55-56 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Hebrews 5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save h…
Psalms 6:9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
1 John 3:20-22 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:13–end

The psalmist, having before stirred up all people, and all God's people in particular, to bless the Lord, here stirs up himself and engages himself to do it. I. In his devotions to his God, Psa 66:13-15. He had called upon others to sing God's praises and to make a joyful noise with them; but, for himself, his resolutions go further, and he will praise God, 1. By costly sacrifices, which, under the law, were offered to the honour of God. All people had not wherewithal to offer these sacrifices, or wanted zeal to be at such an expense in praising God; but David, for his part, being able, is as willing, in this chargeable way to pay his homage to God (Psa 66:13): I will go into thy house with…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:18

If I regard iniquity in my heart--literally, "see iniquity with pleasure." Next: Psalms Chapter 67

John Gill on Psalms 66:19

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.

John Calvin on Psalms 66:17–end

Psalm 66:17-20 17. I cried unto him with my mouth, and have extolled him under [or with] my tongue. [481] 18. If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me. 19. But truly God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. 20. Blessed be God! who hath not turned away my prayer, and his mercy from me. 17. I cried unto him with my mouth He proves that he owed his safety to Divine interposition, from the circumstance of his having prayed, and in consequence, having sensibly experienced his kindness. Answers to prayer serve in no small degree to illustrate the goodness of God; and confirm our faith in it. In saying that he cried to God with his mouth and tongue, these…

The Church Fathers

...Consider now, brethren, how easily, how daily men blushing for fear of men do censure iniquities; He hath done ill, He hath done basely, a villain the fellow is: this perchance for man's sake he saith. See whether thou beholdest no iniquity in thy heart, whether perchance that which thou censurest in another, thou art meditating to do, and therefore against him dost exclaim, not because he hath done it, but because he hath been found out. Return to thyself, within be to thyself a judge. Behold in thy hid chamber, in the very inmost recess of the heart, where thou and He that seeth are alone, there let iniquity be displeasing to thee, in order that thou mayest be pleasing to God. Do not regard it, that is, do not love it, but rather despise it, that is, contemn it, and turn away from it. Whatever pleasing thing it hath promised to allure thee to sin; whatever grievous thing it hath threatened, to drive thee on to evil doing; all is nought, all passeth away: it is worthy to be despised, in order that it may be trampled upon; not to be eyed lest it be accepted. ... "Therefore God hath hearkened to me" (ver. 19). Because I have not beheld iniquity in my heart. "And He hath listened to the voice of my prayer."
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 66

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Dictionary and topics

Testimony · RELIGIOUS, EXEMPLIFIED — RELIGIOUS, EXEMPLIFIED

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 66:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:18

John Gill on Psalms 66:19

John Calvin on Psalms 66:17–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 66:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:18

John Gill on Psalms 66:19

John Calvin on Psalms 66:17–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 66:16–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 66:18

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 66:19