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Psalm 71:2

Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.

1In you, LORD, I take refuge. Never let me be disappointed.
2Deliver me in your righteousness, and rescue me. Turn your ear to me, and save me.
3Be to me a rock of refuge to which I may always go. Give the command to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress.
4Rescue me, my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
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Notice

“Turn your ear to me” makes the cry for rescue personal: the speaker seeks God’s attention and appeals to God’s righteousness while danger remains.

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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 143:1A Psalm by David. Hear my prayer, LORD. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.Both prayers ask God to listen and appeal to his righteousness as the grounds for help.
Psalm 31:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. In you, LORD, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness.Both prayers use the same plea, “Deliver me in your righteousness,” placing hope for rescue in God’s character.
Psalm 17:6I have called on you, for you will answer me, God. Turn your ear to me. Hear my speech.Both prayers ask God to turn his ear toward the speaker and hear a personal cry.
Psalm 116:1–2I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.Psalm 71 asks for God’s listening ear; Psalm 116 expresses love for the LORD because he listens to cries for mercy.
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the …Both texts look to God for help under pressure, though the psalm seeks rescue and Corinthians addresses escape from temptation.
Daniel 9:16Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our …Both prayers appeal to God’s righteousness when asking him to act on behalf of people in distress.
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 prayers ask God to turn his ear and hear amid threats from hostile people.
Where this verse fits

Fear for the future. injustice and anger. wanting a steady prayer habit.

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One step

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Encouragement

Your plea for help can be as plain as these words. The speaker asks for rescue while still in danger, grounding the request in God’s righteousness.

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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).