Destruction and Death say, ‘With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.’

Listen to me because of your loyal love! O Lord, revive me, as you typically do!

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it.

“As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.’

“If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say.

O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

A prayer of David. Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer!

He says: “Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer!

O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah)

Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord.

So she decided to return home from the region of Moab, accompanied by her daughters-in-law, because while she was living in Moab she had heard that the Lord had shown concern for his people, reversing the famine by providing abundant crops.

Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.

The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

The Lord spoke about Damascus. “The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest.