Psalms 119:169
May my cry come before You, O LORD; give me understanding according to Your word.
BSB
ASV
Let my cry come near before thee, O Jehovah: Give me understanding according to thy word.
KJV
Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to thy word.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
ת, TAU.--The Twenty-second and last Part. TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord,....
BARLAAM AND JOSEPH 20:175-76 (749)
Obtain the same thing for yourself and strive to advance toward it; for it is able to raise you from earth to heaven. You will not advance in it without preparation or [solely] by chance. First cleanse your soul of every passion and wipe it as clean of every evil as a newly cleansed mirror. Remove far from you every recollection of wrong and anger, which most of all prevents our daily prayers from reaching God. Also remove from your heart the offenses of everyone who has ever sinned against you.
The walk8
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Through
James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
leads to
if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,
If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
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.
