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Hear, Yahweh, and have mercy on me. Yahweh, be my helper."
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From Complaint to Petition
Commentators note that this prayer follows the psalmist's questioning of God in the previous verse. It models a healthy pattern for believers: even after expressing frustration or near-despair, the right response is to turn back to God with a direct and hopeful plea for mercy and help.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me, - etc. This, too, is the prayer which he uttered in the calamities adverted to in ([Reference…
19th Century
Baptist
What a handy prayer this is, a prayer to carry about with you wherever you go! "Lord, be my Helper." That is a minister's prayer when he was going …
16th Century
Protestant
Hear, O Jehovah! In this clause the Psalmist softens and corrects his former complaint; for it would have been absurd to expostulate with …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me By lifting up the light of his countenance again upon him; by manifesting and a…
When things are well with us, we are very prone to think that they will always be so. When we see our mistake, we should think with shame upon our …
13th Century
Catholic
1. In the previous psalm, the prophet exhorted others to give thanks; here he now gives thanks himself.
The title is a psalm of a s…
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