Bible verse

Psalm 102:17

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 102:17 · BSB

Psalm 102:17 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 102.

13 You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

14 For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

15 So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

16 For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

17 He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

18 Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

19 For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

20 to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

21 that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

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Psalm 102:17 in other translations

KJV

He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.

ASV

He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

ERV

He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, and hath not despised their prayer.

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