LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
David cried out with fervency, knowing that God hears the earnest prayer of faith. He desired above all that his prayers ascend before God like incense and the evening sacrifice, a spiritual offering that pleases Him far more than the loudness of his voice.
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Commenting on Psalm 141:1-10
My prayer is a cry, painful and feeble though it be, but it rises to Jehovah and that ennobles it. I have nowhere else to go; others trust themselves, but I cry to thee. When I am sorely pressed, I may with holy boldness ask that mercy move swiftly, for late help is no help at all.
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Prayer is a spiritual sacrifice, the lifting up of the soul and its best affections to God. David begs that his crying be heard not for its loudness but for its liveliness, and that God would set his prayer before Him as the incense daily burnt on the golden altar.
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Commenting on Psalm 141:1-4