Psalm 102:17 {101:18}
Good News Translation
He will hear his forsaken people and listen to their prayer.

New Revised Standard Version
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their prayer.

Contemporary English Version
and the prayers of the homeless will be answered.

New American Bible
Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.

he will

Psalm 9:18 For the poor man shall not be forgotten to the end: the patience of the poor shall not perish for ever.

Psalm 72:12 For he shall deliver the poor from the mighty: and the needy that had no helper.

Deuteronomy 4:29 And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and all the affliction of thy soul.

Deuteronomy 32:36 The Lord will judge his people, and will have mercy on his servants: he shall see that their hand is weakened, and that they who were shut up have also failed, and they that remained are consumed.

Nehemiah 1:6,11 Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for the children of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the children of Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father's house have sinned. . . .

Nehemiah 2:1-8 And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king: that wine was before him, and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king: and I was as one languishing away before his face. . . .

Jeremiah 29:11-14 For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of affliction, to give you an end and patience. . . .

Daniel 9:3-21 And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. . . .

not despise

Psalm 22:24 Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

Context
The Prayer of the Afflicted
16For the Lord hath built up Sion: and he shall be seen in his glory. 17He hath had regard to the prayer of the humble: and he hath not despised their petition.18Let these things be written unto another generation: and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord:…
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:6
Let thy ears be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, night and day, for the children of Israel thy servants: and I confess the sins of the children of Israel, by which they have sinned against thee: I and my father's house have sinned.

Job 36:5
God doth not cast away the mighty, whereas he himself also is mighty.

Psalm 22:24
Let all the seed of Israel fear him: because he hath not slighted nor despised the supplication of the poor man. Neither hath he turned away his face from me: and when I cried to him he heard me.

Psalm 102:16
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