John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 88:2

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Let my prayer come before thee, etc.] Not before men, as hypocrites desire, but before the Lord; let it not be shut out, but be admitted; and let it come with acceptance, as it does when it ascends before God, out of the hands of the angel before the throne, perfumed with the much incense of his mediation, (<660803>Revelation 8:3,4), incline thine ear unto my cry; hearken to it, receive it, and give an answer to it; Christ’s prayers were attended with strong crying, and were always received and heard, (<580507>Hebrews 5:7 <431141>John 11:41,42).

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