Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 61:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 61:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 61:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, when he feels sad or in trouble, he asks God to listen to him and pay attention to his prayers. He trusts that God will help him when he calls out.

Psalms 61:1: [To the chief Musician upon Neginah, [A Psalm] of David.] Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.

Contradiction with Proverbs 28:9

If one turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination, which contrasts with the psalmist's plea for God to hear his prayer in Psalms 61:1.

Proverbs 28:9: He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.

Contradiction with Lamentations 3:44

God covering himself with a cloud, so no prayer can pass through, contradicts the expectation in Psalms 61:1 that God will hear the speaker's cry.

Lamentations 3:44: Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:15

When you spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear, contradicts the assurance sought in Psalms 61:1 where the psalmist calls for God to hear his prayer.

Isaiah 1:15: And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. [make...: Heb. multiply prayer] [blood: Heb. bloods]

Contradiction with James 4:3

Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts, contrasts with the psalmist's confidence in his cry being heard in Psalms 61:1.

James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]

Contradiction with Micah 3:4

Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, contrasts the psalmist's plea for God to hear his prayer in Psalms 61:1.

Micah 3:4: Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
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