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Psalm 141:1

A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

1A Psalm by David. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
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Notice

“Come to me quickly!” expresses the urgency of needing God near, while David’s repeated call makes being heard part of the plea.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 70:5But I am poor and needy. Come to me quickly, God. You are my help and my deliverer. LORD, don’t delay.Both prayers ask God to come without delay, making the need for his presence explicit.
Psalm 40:13Be pleased, LORD, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, LORD.Both prayers ask the LORD to hurry, expressing urgent dependence on him to respond.
Psalm 71:12God, don’t be far from me. My God, hurry to help me.Both prayers join a request for God's nearness with an urgent plea for him to come.
Psalm 142:1A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer. I cry with my voice to the LORD. With my voice, I ask the LORD for mercy.Both prayers emphasize David's voice as he calls to the LORD, with Psalm 142 naming his request for mercy.
Job 7:21Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now will I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I will not be.”Both prayers address God with urgent need, though Job asks for pardon and David asks God to come and listen.
Luke 18:39Those who led the way rebuked him, that he should be quiet; but he cried out all the more, “You son of David, have mercy on me!”Both passages portray someone calling out to be heard; Luke also records others trying to silence the man.
Where this verse fits

Anxiety or panic. waiting. feeling distant from God.

What the Bible says about anxiety →What the Bible says about patience →What the Bible says about doubt →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Name one urgent need aloud to God

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Encouragement

Urgency has a place in prayer. David asks YHWH to come and listen; these words are a plea for God's presence, with no timetable promised.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).