Psalms 88:2
let my prayer come into your presence, incline your ear to my cry.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
In Context
1O Lord my God, I cry for help in the day-time, in the night my cry is before you;
3For I am sated with sorrow, my life draws near to Sheol.
Cross References
Psalms 31:2incline to me your ear. Deliver me speedily. Be to me a rock of defence, a fortified house, to save me.
Psalms 86:3Lord, be gracious to me, for you are my God; I cry to you all the day.
Psalms 141:1Lord, I call to you: hasten, to me, attend to my voice, when I call to you.
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 →