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Psalm 17:6

I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.

4As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.
5My steps have held fast to your paths. My feet have not slipped.
6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.
7Show your marvelous loving kindness, you who save those who take refuge by your right hand from their enemies.
8Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
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Notice

The words “you will answer me” express confidence, while “Hear my speech” keeps the need plain: trust in God still has something to ask.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 116:2Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.Both connect calling on God with his listening ear: Psalm 17 expects an answer, while Psalm 116 recalls being heard.
Psalm 4:1For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm by David. Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy …Both prayers ask God to hear and answer, with Psalm 4 naming distress and asking for mercy.
Psalm 86:7In the day of my trouble I will call on you, for you will answer me.Both express the same reason for calling on God: confidence that he will answer.
Psalm 88:2Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.Both ask God to turn his ear toward the speaker, making his attention the immediate plea.
Isaiah 37:17Turn your ear, LORD, and hear. Open your eyes, LORD, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God.Both ask God to turn his ear and hear, while Isaiah names words spoken in defiance of the living God.
Daniel 9:17–19“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the …Both appeal to God to listen to prayer; Daniel also asks for favor toward the desolate sanctuary.
Isaiah 37:20Now therefore, LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD, even you only.”Both address God with a direct plea, though Isaiah asks for rescue and Psalm 17:6 asks to be heard.
Where this verse fits

Wanting a steady prayer habit. waiting. feeling distant from God.

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Ask God to hear one unspoken concern

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Encouragement

Your repeated request to be heard need not mean trust has failed. In this prayer, confidence in God's answer and a plea for his attention belong together.

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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).