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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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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 30:10
18th Century
Theologian
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me, - etc. This, too, is the prayer which he uttered in the calamities adverted to in ([Reference…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 30:10
19th Century
Preacher
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 …
John Calvin
On Psalms 30:10
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Psalms 30:10
17th Century
Pastor
Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me
By lifting up the light of his countenance again upon him; by manifesting and a…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 30:6–12
17th Century
Minister
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 …