Psalms 88:2
May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.
BSB
ASV
Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
KJV
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
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Psalms 79:11May the groans of the captives reach You; by the strength of Your arm preserve those condemned to death.
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to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
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Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
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In Your justice, rescue and deliver me; incline Your ear and save me.
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Lamentations 3:8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
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I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
"Let my prayer come in before thee." "Into thy hands, Father, I commend my spirit." "Let my prayer come in before thee. Incline thine ear to my petition." Where are the anthropomorphites, who suppose that God has bodily members? "Incline thine ear, O God." It is the voice of the Son to the Father, speaking in our person. "Incline thine ear." It is a mark of great weakness, if, when He wishes to hear, He needs to incline His ear, so as to hear more closely.
Let my prayer come before thee,.... Not before men, as hypocrites desire, but before the Lord; let it not be shut out, but be admitted; and let it come with acceptance, as it does when it ascends before God, out of the hands of the angel before the throne, perfumed with the much incense of his mediation, Rev 8:3, incline thine ear unto my cry; hearken to it, receive it, and give an answer to it; Christ's prayers were attended with strong crying, and were always received and heard, Heb 5:7.
