Psalm 116:2
New International Version
Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live.

New Living Translation
Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath!

English Standard Version
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

Berean Standard Bible
Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

King James Bible
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

New King James Version
Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

New American Standard Bible
Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

NASB 1995
Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

NASB 1977
Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live.

Legacy Standard Bible
Because He has inclined His ear to me, So I shall call upon Him in all my days.

Amplified Bible
Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

Christian Standard Bible
Because he has turned his ear to me, I will call out to him as long as I live.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because He has turned His ear to me, I will call out to Him as long as I live.

American Standard Version
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he will incline his ear to me in the day when I shall call him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him while I live.

Contemporary English Version
You paid attention to me, and so I will pray to you as long as I live.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

English Revised Version
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will call on him as long as I live because he turns his ear toward me.

Good News Translation
He listens to me every time I call to him.

International Standard Version
for he listens to me whenever I call.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, Therefore will I call upon Him all my days.

Literal Standard Version
Because He has inclined His ear to me, | And during my days I call.

Majority Standard Bible
Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

New American Bible
Who turned an ear to me on the day I called.

NET Bible
and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help.

New Revised Standard Version
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

New Heart English Bible
Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

Webster's Bible Translation
Because he hath inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

World English Bible
Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.

Young's Literal Translation
Because He hath inclined His ear to me, And during my days I call.

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Context
The LORD Has Heard My Voice
1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy. 2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. 3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.…

Cross References
Psalm 17:6
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

Psalm 31:2
Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 66:19
But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.

Isaiah 38:20
The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call on him as long as I live.

therefore

Psalm 55:16,17
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me…

Psalm 86:6,7
Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications…

Psalm 88:1
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

as long as I live.

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(2) If we take translation (1) of Psalm 116:1 this verse will state the ground of the longing to pray. "I have longed for Jehovah to hear me now, for He, as in past times, inclines His ear to me." The latter clause of the verse offers some difficulty. The literal rendering of the text, given by the LXX. and Vulg., is, "and in my days I will call (for help). But there is none." 2Kings 20:19 does not, as suggested, confirm the explanation "all the days of my life." It would seem more natural to take the text as an equivalent of the common phrase "in the day when I call" (Psalm 56:10; Psalm 102:3, &c), and render the verse:

For He inclines His ear to me,

And that in the day when I call.

Verse 2. - Because he hath inclined his ear unto me (compare the expression of Hezekiah in Isaiah 37:17, "Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear"). Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live; literally, in my days - another expression attributed to Hezekiah in the history (Isaiah 39:8). Lifelong gratitude and praise are promised by Hezekiah to God in Isaiah 38:20.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

He has inclined
הִטָּ֣ה (hiṭ·ṭāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

His ear
אָזְנ֣וֹ (’ā·zə·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear

to me,
לִ֑י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

I will call on Him
אֶקְרָֽא׃ (’eq·rā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

as long as I live.
וּבְיָמַ֥י (ū·ḇə·yā·may)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3117: A day


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