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Psalm 88:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 88 · verse 2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;Psalm 88:2 · King James Version
Psalm 88:2 in context
1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inclinenâṭâhto stretch or spread outH5186 →
- prayertᵉphillâhintercession, supplicationH8605 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- comebôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- earʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
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It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, Ch1 2:4, Ch1 2:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9