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2Let my prayer come{H8799)} before thee: incline{H8685)} thine ear unto my cry;
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Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. …
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, 1 Chron. 2:4 , 6 . There were two others famed for wisdom, 1 Kgs. 4:31; where, to magnify Solomon’s wisdom, he is said to be wiser than Heman and Ethan . Whether the Heman and Ethan who were Levites and…
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