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169TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
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If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. …
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; …
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 169-170)Here we have, I. A general petition for audience repeated: Let my cry come near before thee ; and again, Let my supplication come before thee . He calls his prayer his cry , which denotes the fervency and vehemence of it, and his supplication , which denotes the humility of it. We must come to God as beggars come to our doors for an alms. He is concerned that his prayer might come before God, migh…
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