Bible Strands
Psalms 65:2
O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David, in a song for the choirmaster (v.1), addresses God as the one who hears prayer, within a context of vows fulfilled in Zion.
The words — בָּשָׂר (bāśār), "flesh," is the subject that comes; the BSB's "all people" softens a term that in Hebrew carries the sense of raw, mortal humanity in its fullness.
The thread — Isaiah 66:23 echoes the same "all mankind will come" language in an eschatological cycle of worship; Jeremiah 29:12 and Isaiah 65:24 both bind God's hearing to the people's approach.
Why it lands — The verse presents God's responsiveness as the cause, not the reward, of human coming; it asks the reader to stop treating prayer as a human effort that may or may not reach God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Isaiah 65:24 Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Isaiah 66:23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.
- 1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Psalms 66:19 But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound of my prayer.
- Psalms 86:9 All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
- Psalms 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Acts 10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- Luke 11:9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
- Daniel 9:17 So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.