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Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
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A Cry for God's Ear
Commentators like Spurgeon and Barnes highlight the intense feeling of being shut out from God. The psalmist isn't just praying; he's pleading for his prayer to even be allowed into God's presence, as if knocking on a closed door. This verse validates the feeling of being unheard and models the humble, desperate act of asking God to condescend and 'incline' His ear to our faint cries.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Let my prayer come before thee - As if there were something which hindered it, or which had obstructed the way to the throne of gra…
19th Century
Baptist
Let my prayer come before thee:
"Give me an audience, O Lord. Do not shut the door in my face.
My prayer has been knocking, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Let my prayer come before you Not before men, as hypocrites desire, but before the Lord; let it not be shut out, but…
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