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Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
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God Hears Unspoken Prayers
Commentators emphasize that David asks God to hear both his spoken "words" and his inner "meditation." This meditation is described as the deep sighs, groans, and fervent feelings that words cannot fully express. This assures believers that even when they struggle to articulate their prayers, God understands the unspoken language of their hearts.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Give ear to my words, O Lord - We naturally incline the ear toward anyone when we wish to hear distinctly what they say, and we tur…
19th Century
Anglican
Meditation. —From a root cognate with the word translated meditate in Psalm 1:2, with primary sense of mutter or murm…
Baptist
Sometimes we pray right away, as David did when he cried to the Lord, "Hear me when I call." At other times, we sit down to meditate, and …
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16th Century
Protestant
I do not presume to determine with certainty whether David, in this psalm, bewails the wrongs which he suffered from his enemies at some particular…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Give ear to my words, O Lord Meaning not his words in common conversation, but in prayer; the words which came out of his mout…
God is a prayer-hearing God. He has always been so, and he is still as ready to hear prayer as ever. The most encouraging principle of prayer, and …
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist openly prayed against his persecutors; here he prays against the deceitful, that he may not be misled.
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