Psalms 102:1
Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
BSB
ASV
Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.
KJV
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.
Prayer of the poor man, when he is in anguish, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. He speaks of a poor man, not of this world, but of the one about whom it is written: 'Blessed are the poor in spirit.' When he is in anguish: when he calls to mind his sins, both past and present. Pours out: with his whole heart, not with his lips. But who is able to pour out his prayer before the Lord? Who is able not to be stung by his own conscience?
Hear my prayer, O Lord. Or O Jehovah. Sincere supplicants are not content with praying for praying's sake, they desire really to reach the ear and heart of the great God. It is a great relief in time of distress to acquaint others with our trouble, we are eased by their hearing our lamentation, but it is the sweetest solace of all to have God himself as a sympathizing listener to our plaint. That he is such is no dream or fiction, but an assured fact.
The walk8
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Through
Psalms 61:2From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
leads to
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
Through
Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
leads to
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
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