Psalms 88:2
(88-3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
In Context
3(88-4) For my soul is sated with troubles, and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Cross References
1 Kings 8:31If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine altar in this house;
Psalms 31:2(31-3) Incline Thine ear unto me, deliver me speedily; be Thou to me a rock of refuge, even a fortress of defence, to save me.
Psalms 86:3Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto Thee do I cry all the day.
Psalms 141:1A Psalm of David. LORD, I have called Thee; make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I call unto Thee.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10
Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →