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You heard my voice; don`t hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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Past Answers Fuel Present Prayer
Commentators note the powerful sequence in this verse. The speaker first declares, "Thou heardest my voice," recalling a past time God answered. This memory of past faithfulness provides the confidence for the present plea, "hide not thine ear." This teaches that remembering how God has helped before fuels our faith to cry out to Him in current troubles.
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Lamentations
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Lamentations 3:55: A prayer for deliverance and for vengeance upon his enemies.
Out of the low dungeon - The lowest p…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou hast heard ... hide not thine ... —There is something eminently suggestive in the sequence of the two clauses. The r…
Baptist
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Is that not a beautiful description of prayer, when the sou…
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16th Century
Protestant
When the Prophet says that God heard, it is as if he said that he had prayed in such a way that God became a witness of his earnestness an…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have heard my voice Either in times past, when he cried unto him, and was delivered; and this was an encourageme…
Faith emerges victorious, for in these verses the prophet concludes with some comfort. Prayer is the breath of the new man, drawing in the air of m…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here he appeals to the goodwill of the judge.
First, he shows the judge's mercy toward the unfortunate. Second, he shows his justice, as see…
