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Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,
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Raw Prayer is Real Prayer
Commentators highlight that David's prayer is not neat or formal. He is 'restless' and 'makes a noise.' This shows that God welcomes our raw, emotional, and even messy cries for help. As Charles Spurgeon notes, passionate, broken petitions from a distressed heart are powerful forms of prayer that reach God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Attend to me, and hear me - This also is the language of earnest supplication, as if he was afraid that God would not regard his cr…
19th Century
Anglican
I mourn. —This verb is found in this form in only three other passages, always with the idea of restlessness — <…
Baptist
Attend unto me, and hear me:
This is the third time he thus implores God to give him a hearing.
It reminds me of that Gethse…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Attend unto me, and hear me So as to answer, and that immediately and directly, his case requiring present help;
In these verses we have:
David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore, and a relief to the spirit under every burden.
13th Century
Catholic
Hear, O God, my prayer, and do not despise my supplication.
Previously, the psalmist showed the insults of his enemies ag…
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