Psalms 141:1
Lord, I cry unto you: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto you.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
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Job 7:21And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle.
Psalms 69:17And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Psalms 70:5But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:1
David was in distress when he penned this psalm, pursued, it is most likely, by Saul, that violent man. Is any distressed? Let him pray; David did so, and had the comfort of it. I. He prays for God's favourable acceptance, ver. 1, 2 . II. For his powerful assistance, ver. 3, 4 . III. That others might be instrumental of good to his soul, as he hoped to be to the souls of others, ver. 5, 6 . IV. That he and his friends being now brought to the last extremity God would graciously appear for their relief and rescue,… Read the whole commentary →