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"Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don`t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.
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The Escalation of Prayer
Commentators note the psalmist's plea intensifies from "prayer" to "cry" and finally to "tears." This progression shows a deepening earnestness, not just repetition. Scholars like Spurgeon describe tears as an eloquent and powerful form of prayer, an "irresistible weapon of weakness" that communicates our deepest needs to God when words are not enough.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry - That is, in view of my affliction and my sins; in view, also, of the perplexing …
19th Century
Anglican
For I am a stranger. —A reminiscence of Genesis 23:4, and adopted in 1 Peter 2:11 from the Septuagint (see New Testament C…
Baptist
And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
"They did not remain here. My fathers used this world merely as an inn, at which they stay…
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16th Century
Protestant
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah! David gradually increases his vehemence in prayer. He speaks first of prayer; in the second place, of …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hear my prayer, O Lord Which was, that he would remove the affliction from him that lay so hard and heavy upon him;<…
There is no solid satisfaction to be gained from the creature; but it is to be found in the Lord, and in communion with him. We should be driven to…
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13th Century
Catholic
The psalmist confessed that he suffered affliction for his sin; now here he promises caution in the future.
The title is for th…
