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2Attend{H8685)} unto me, and hear{H8798)} me: I mourn{H8686)} in my complaint, and make a noise{H8686)};
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)In these verses we have, I. David praying. Prayer is a salve for every sore and a relief to the spirit under every burden: Give ear to my prayer, O God ! Ps. 55:1 , 2 . He does not set down the petitions he offered up to God in his distress, but begs that God would hear the prayers which, at every period, his heart lifted up to God, and grant an answer of peace to them: Attend to me, hear me . Sau…
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